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The Gambler (1974)

“For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.”

Drama, Crime · 1h 52m

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.

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Cast

James Caan Axel

Paul Sorvino Hips

Lauren Hutton Billie

Morris Carnovsky A. R. Lowenthal

Jacqueline Brookes Naomi

Burt Young Carmine

Carmine Caridi Jimmy

Carl W. Crudup Spencer

Stuart Margolin Cowboy

Vic Tayback One

Antonio Fargas Pimp

William Andrews Basketball Coach

Crew

Director: Karel Reisz
Writer: James Toback
Director of Photography: Victor J. Kemper
Original Music Composer: Jerry Fielding
Editor: Roger Spottiswoode
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff

Details

Release date: 1974-10-02
Runtime: 1h 52m
Genres: Drama, Crime
Original language: EN
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures, Winkler Films