Drama ·Crime · United States of America · 1974 · 1h 51m

The Gambler

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Director
Karel Reisz
Cast
James Caan as Axel Paul Sorvino as Hips Lauren Hutton as Billie Morris Carnovsky as A. R. Lowenthal Jacqueline Brookes as Naomi Burt Young as Carmine
Crew
Victor J. Kemper — Director of Photography Roger Spottiswoode — Editor Jerry Fielding — Original Music Composer James Toback — Writer Irwin Winkler — Producer Robert Chartoff — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
new york citygamblingprofessormoneymafiadebtjewish americangambling addiction
Key Collaborators
Karel Reisz Director Victor J. Kemper Director of Photography Roger Spottiswoode Editor Jerry Fielding Original Music Composer James Toback Writer Irwin Winkler Producer Robert Chartoff Producer Philip Rosenberg Production Design Albert Wolsky Costume Design
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