The Gambler (1974)

10/02/1974 1h 51m

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

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

James Caan

as Axel Freed

Born 03/26/1940

Died 07/06/2022, age

Paul Sorvino

as Hips

Born 04/13/1939

Died 07/25/2022, age

Lauren Hutton

as Billie

Born 11/17/1943, age

Jacqueline Brookes

as Naomi Freed

Born 07/24/1930

Died 04/26/2013, age

Burt Young

as Carmine

Born 04/30/1940

Died 10/08/2023, age

Carmine Caridi

as Jimmy

Born 01/23/1934

Died 05/28/2019, age

Steven Keats

as Howie

Born 02/06/1945

Died 05/08/1994, age

M. Emmet Walsh

as Las Vegas gambler

Born 03/22/1935

Died 03/19/2024, age

James Woods

as Bank officer

Born 04/18/1947, age

Stuart Margolin

as Cowboy

Born 01/31/1940

Died 12/12/2022, age

Ric Mancini

as Sal

Born 04/16/1933

Died 05/26/2006, age

Antonio Fargas

as Pimp

Born 08/14/1946, age

Starletta DuPois

as Monique (as Starletta De Paur)

Born 07/18/1941, age

Richard Foronjy

as Donny

Born 08/03/1937, age

Frank Sivero

as Donny's Driver

Born 01/06/1952, age

Philip Sterling

as Sidney

Born 10/09/1922

Died 11/30/1998, age

Beatrice Winde

as Hospital Receptionist

Born 01/05/1924

Died 01/03/2004, age

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

as Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)

Born 09/04/1953, age

Melanie Mayron

as Student (uncredited)

Born 10/20/1952, age