The Gambler

The Gambler (1974)

Released: 1974-10-02 Duration: 1hr 51min
Genres: Drama Crime
Rating 6.7
For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.

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.

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Chartoff-Winkler Productions

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 7.683

Directed By

Karel Reisz

Crew

Producer
Irwin Winkler
Original Music Composer
Jerry Fielding
Producer
Robert Chartoff
Director of Photography
Victor J. Kemper
Director
Karel Reisz
Writer
James Toback
Stunts
Gene LeBell
Production Manager
Hal W. Polaire
Production Design
Philip Rosenberg
Set Decoration
Edward Stewart
Costume Design
Albert Wolsky
Sound Mixer
Dennis Maitland
Makeup Artist
Robert Laden
Dialogue Editor
Derek Holding
Sound Recordist
Doug E. Turner
Casting
Cis Corman
Sound Editor
Terry Rawlings
Hairdresser
William A. Farley

TOP CAST

James Caan
James Caan

Axel Freed

Morris Carnovsky
Morris Carnovsky

A. R. Lowenthal

Jacqueline Brookes
Jacqueline Brookes

Naomi Freed

Burt Young
Burt Young

Carmine

London Lee
London Lee

Monkey

M. Emmet Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh

Las Vegas gambler

James Woods
James Woods

Bank officer

Allan Rich
Allan Rich

Bernie

William Andrews
William Andrews

Basketball Coach

Joseph Attles
Joseph Attles

Singer in Park

Sully Boyar
Sully Boyar

Uncle Hy

Starletta DuPois
Starletta DuPois

Monique (as Starletta De Paur)

Lucille Patton
Lucille Patton

Ricky's Wife

Ed Kovens
Ed Kovens

Ricky

Baron Wilson
Baron Wilson

Basketball Janitor

Frank Sivero
Frank Sivero

Donny's Driver

Frank Adonis
Frank Adonis

Man in Park with Donny (as Frank Scioscia)

Patricia Fay
Patricia Fay

Bank Teller

Beatrice Winde
Beatrice Winde

Hospital Receptionist

Leon Pinkney
Leon Pinkney

Street Basketball Boy

Alisha Fontaine
Alisha Fontaine

Howie's Girl

Presley Caton
Presley Caton

Monkey's Girl

Mitch Stein
Mitch Stein

College Announcer

Jonathan Kushner
Jonathan Kushner

College Announcer (as Jonathan Koshner)

Charles Polk
Charles Polk

Harlem Bartender

Dick Schaap
Dick Schaap

Television Announcer

Chick Hearn
Chick Hearn

Radio Announcer

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)

Jerry Leon
Jerry Leon

Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)

Melanie Mayron
Melanie Mayron

Student (uncredited)

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