The Gambler
“For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.”
MovieReleased
1974
1h 52m
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.
Director
Karel Reisz
Writer
James Toback
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Vote Count
135
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
Stuart Margolin
Cowboy
Vic Tayback
One
Antonio Fargas
Pimp
William Andrews
Basketball Coach
Steven Keats
Howie
Starletta DuPois
Monique
James Woods
Bank Officer
London Lee
Monkey
More Like This
View All
View
Movie
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
View
Movie
Lucky Number Slevin
2006
View
Movie
Miller's Crossing
1990
View
Movie
Gangster No. 1
2000
View
Movie
Bad Lieutenant
1992
View
Movie
Gotti
1996
View
Movie
Cop Land
1997
View
Movie
Fierce People
2006
View
Movie
Out for Justice
1991
View
Movie
Little Odessa
1994
View
Movie
American Psycho
2000
View
Movie
Rise of the Footsoldier
2007