The Gambler
Drama
Crime
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.
1974-10-02
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Cast
Director
Karel Reisz
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
Antonio Fargas as Pimp
William Andrews as Basketball Coach
Steven Keats as Howie
Starletta DuPois as Monique
James Woods as Bank Officer
M. Emmet Walsh as Las Vegas Gambler
Allan Rich as Bernie
Raymond Serra as Benny
Sully Boyar as Uncle Hy
Lucille Patton as Ricky's Wife
Richard Foronjy as Donny
Frank Sivero as Donny's Driver
Frank Adonis as Man in Park with Donny
Philip Sterling as Sidney
Beatrice Winde as Hospital Receptionist
Leon Pinkney as Street Basketball Boy
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)
Jerry Leon as Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)
Melanie Mayron as Student (uncredited)