The Gambler
1974/10/02 • Released • English
For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.
Overview
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.
Director : Karel Reisz
Casts
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
Steven Keats
Howie
Starletta DuPois
Monique
James Woods
Bank Officer
M. Emmet Walsh
Las Vegas Gambler
Allan Rich
Bernie
Raymond Serra
Benny
Sully Boyar
Uncle Hy
Lucille Patton
Ricky's Wife
Richard Foronjy
Donny
Frank Sivero
Donny's Driver
Frank Adonis
Man in Park with Donny
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)
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