The Gambler

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

Duration: 111 min

Release date: 1974-10-02

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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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Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky

as A. R. Lowenthal

Jacqueline Brookes

Jacqueline Brookes

Stuart Margolin

Stuart Margolin

William Andrews

William Andrews

as Basketball Coach

Starletta DuPois

Starletta DuPois

as Bank Officer

as Las Vegas Gambler

as Singer in Park

Gregory Rozakis

Gregory Rozakis

as Ricky's Wife

as Basketball Janitor

Richard Foronjy

Richard Foronjy

as Donny's Driver

as Man in Park with Donny

Philip Sterling

Philip Sterling

as Hospital Receptionist

as Street Basketball Boy

Alisha Fontaine

Alisha Fontaine

as Howie's Girl

as Monkey's Girl

as College Announcer

Jonathan Koshner

Jonathan Koshner

as College Announcer

as Harlem Bartender

as Television Announcer

as Radio Announcer

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

as Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)

as Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)

as Student (uncredited)

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Robert Chartoff

Robert Chartoff

Original Music Composer

Victor J. Kemper

Victor J. Kemper

Director of Photography

Roger Spottiswoode

Roger Spottiswoode

Philip Rosenberg

Philip Rosenberg

Production Design

William A. Farley

William A. Farley

Production Manager

Dennis Maitland

Dennis Maitland

Dialogue Editor

Sound Recordist

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