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The Gambler
“For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.”
6.7 / 10• 1974• 1h 51m•R• English
DramaCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
James Caan
Axel
Lead
Paul Sorvino
Hips
Lauren Hutton
Billie
Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal
Jacqueline Brookes
Naomi
Burt Young
Carmine
Carmine Caridi
Jimmy
Carl W. Crudup
Spencer
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Karel Reisz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Gambler is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
