The Gambler

1974 6.7 (113 votes) 1h 51m

Genres

Drama Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures
Chartoff-Winkler Productions

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.

Key Crew

Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff

Director of Photography: Victor J. Kemper

Director: Karel Reisz

Writer: James Toback

Top Cast

James Caan

Axel

Paul Sorvino

Hips

Lauren Hutton

Billie

Morris Carnovsky

A. R. Lowenthal

Jacqueline Brookes

Naomi

Burt Young

Carmine

Carmine Caridi

Jimmy

Carl W. Crudup

Spencer

Videos

The Gambler (1974) Original Trailer [FHD]

The Gambler - Trailer

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