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The Gambler

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

★ 6.7/10 (123 votes) Oct 02, 1974 ⏱ 1h 51m en Released
Drama Crime

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.

Director

Karel Reisz

Cast

James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes

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