The Gambler

The Gambler (1974)

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

  • Genre: Drama, Crime
  • Release Date: 1974-10-02
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 105 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 51min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Karel Reisz
star 6.7/10
From 105 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • James Caan

    as Axel Freed

  • Paul Sorvino

    as Hips

  • Lauren Hutton

    as Billie

  • Morris Carnovsky

    as A. R. Lowenthal

  • Jacqueline Brookes

    as Naomi Freed

  • Burt Young

    as Carmine

  • Carmine Caridi

    as Jimmy

  • Vic Tayback

    as One

  • Steven Keats

    as Howie

  • London Lee

    as Monkey

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    as Las Vegas gambler

  • James Woods

    as Bank officer

  • Carl W. Crudup

    as Spencer

  • Allan Rich

    as Bernie

  • Stuart Margolin

    as Cowboy

  • Ric Mancini

    as Sal

  • Joel Wolfe

    as Moe

  • Raymond Serra

    as Benny

  • William Andrews

    as Basketball Coach

  • Joseph Attles

    as Singer in Park

  • Antonio Fargas

    as Pimp

  • Ernest Butler

    as Vernon

  • Sully Boyar

    as Uncle Hy

  • Gregory Rozakis

    as Joe

  • Starletta DuPois

    as Monique (as Starletta De Paur)

  • Lucille Patton

    as Ricky's Wife

  • Ed Kovens

    as Ricky

  • Baron Wilson

    as Basketball Janitor

  • Richard Foronjy

    as Donny

  • Frank Sivero

    as Donny's Driver

  • Frank Adonis

    as Man in Park with Donny (as Frank Scioscia)

  • Philip Sterling

    as Sidney

  • Patricia Fay

    as Bank Teller

  • Beatrice Winde

    as Hospital Receptionist

  • Leon Pinkney

    as Street Basketball Boy

  • Alisha Fontaine

    as Howie's Girl

  • Presley Caton

    as Monkey's Girl

  • Mitch Stein

    as College Announcer

  • Jonathan Kushner

    as College Announcer (as Jonathan Koshner)

  • Charles Polk

    as Harlem Bartender

  • Dick Schaap

    as Television Announcer

  • Chick Hearn

    as Radio Announcer

  • Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

    as Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)

  • Jerry Leon

    as Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)

  • Melanie Mayron

    as Student (uncredited)
Production Robert Chartoff Producer
Camera Victor J. Kemper Director of Photography
Sound Jerry Fielding Original Music Composer
Production Irwin Winkler Producer
Writing James Toback Writer
Directing Karel Reisz Director
Crew Gene LeBell Stunts
Costume & Make-Up Robert Laden Makeup Artist
Sound Dennis Maitland Sound Mixer
Production Cis Corman Casting
Sound Derek Holding Dialogue Editor
Art Edward Stewart Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Albert Wolsky Costume Design
Editing Roger Spottiswoode Editor
Production Hal W. Polaire Production Manager
Costume & Make-Up William A. Farley Hairdresser
Sound Doug E. Turner Sound Recordist
Sound Terry Rawlings Sound Editor
Art Philip Rosenberg Production Design

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