The Gambler
For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.
Director 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.
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Cast
Carl W. Crudup
Spencer
Stuart Margolin
Cowboy
Allan Rich
Bernie
Jerry Leon
Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)
Paul Sorvino
Hips
Burt Young
Carmine
Frank Adonis
Man in Park with Donny
Beatrice Winde
Hospital Receptionist
Carmine Caridi
Jimmy
Sully Boyar
Uncle Hy
Steven Keats
Howie
Lucille Patton
Ricky's Wife
Frank Sivero
Donny's Driver
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)
James Caan
Axel
Jacqueline Brookes
Naomi
William Andrews
Basketball Coach
Starletta DuPois
Monique
Melanie Mayron
Student (uncredited)
Lauren Hutton
Billie
Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal
Vic Tayback
One
Antonio Fargas
Pimp
M. Emmet Walsh
Las Vegas Gambler
Raymond Serra
Benny
James Woods
Bank Officer
Richard Foronjy
Donny
Philip Sterling
Sidney
Leon Pinkney
Street Basketball Boy