The Gambler (1974)
For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1974-10-02
- Runtime:
- 111 min
- Genres:
- Drama, Crime
- Director:
- Karel Reisz
- Top cast:
- James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 6.7/10 from 128 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.4/10