The Gambler

Release date: 10/02/1974

Genres:

Drama, Crime

Countries:

United States of America

Rating:

6.7

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

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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Actors

James Caan

Axel Freed

Paul Sorvino

Hips

Lauren Hutton

Billie

Morris Carnovsky

A. R. Lowenthal

Jacqueline Brookes

Naomi Freed

Burt Young

Carmine

Carmine Caridi

Jimmy

Vic Tayback

One

Steven Keats

Howie

M. Emmet Walsh

Las Vegas gambler

James Woods

Bank officer

Carl W. Crudup

Spencer

Allan Rich

Bernie

Stuart Margolin

Cowboy

Raymond Serra

Benny

William Andrews

Basketball Coach

Antonio Fargas

Pimp

Sully Boyar

Uncle Hy

Starletta DuPois

Monique (as Starletta De Paur)

Lucille Patton

Ricky's Wife

Richard Foronjy

Donny

Frank Sivero

Donny's Driver

Frank Adonis

Man in Park with Donny (as Frank Scioscia)

Philip Sterling

Sidney

Beatrice Winde

Hospital Receptionist

Leon Pinkney

Street Basketball Boy

Chick Hearn

Radio Announcer

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)

Jerry Leon

Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)

Melanie Mayron

Student (uncredited)

The Gambler

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