The Gambler
1974 · Movie · 1h 51m · R
DramaCrime
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
65/100
Key crew
- Jerry FieldingOriginal Music Composer
- James TobackWriter
- Karel ReiszDirector
Cast
- James CaanAxel
- Paul SorvinoHips
- Lauren HuttonBillie
- Morris CarnovskyA. R. Lowenthal
- Jacqueline BrookesNaomi
- Burt YoungCarmine
- Carmine CaridiJimmy
- Carl W. CrudupSpencer
- Stuart MargolinCowboy
- Vic TaybackOne
- Antonio FargasPimp
- William AndrewsBasketball Coach
Stills
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Themes
new york citygamblingprofessormoneymafiadebtjewish americangambling addiction