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The Gambler (1974)

The Gambler (1974)

Drama Crime

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

Release Date: 1974, October 2
Directors: Karel Reisz
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures, Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Chartoff-Winkler Productions
Cast: Starletta DuPois, James Caan, Frank Sivero, Paul Sorvino, Frank Adonis, Carmine Caridi, M. Emmet Walsh, James Woods, Burt Young, Richard Foronjy, Ric Mancini, Antonio Fargas

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

new york city gambling money mafia professor jewish american debt gambling addiction