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The Gambler
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.
1974 · Directed by Karel Reisz · 112 min · Drama · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.
Crew
- Written by: James Toback
- Cinematography: Victor J. Kemper
- Edited by: Roger Spottiswoode
- Music: Jerry Fielding
- Production design: Philip Rosenberg
- Produced by: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Cast
- James Caan as Axel
- Paul Sorvino as Hips
- Lauren Hutton as Billie
- Morris Carnovsky as A. R. Lowenthal
- Jacqueline Brookes as Naomi
- Burt Young as Carmine
- Carmine Caridi as Jimmy
- Carl W. Crudup as Spencer
- Stuart Margolin as Cowboy
- Vic Tayback as One
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Winkler Films
- Themes: new york city, gambling, professor, money, mafia, debt, jewish american, gambling addiction
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