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The Gambler

The Gambler

1974 · Movie · 1h 52m · R

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Synopsis

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

SourceRatingWeight
IMDb7.1/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes83%21%
Metacritic65/10021%
TMDB6.7/10138 votes16%
Balasaur Score72100%

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