The Gambler

For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.

Directed by Karel Reisz

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

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

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