The Gambler
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Karel Reisz
Jacqueline Brooks
Starletta Depaur
Stuart Margolin
M. Emmet Walsh
William Andrews
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Axel Freed is a well-respected professor of literature at a New York university and he has a serious gambling addiction. In spite of a long losing streak, Axel will still bet on anything and is in debt to his bookies for $44,000, far more than he can afford to pay back. After borrowing money from his mother, grandfather, and girlfriend, Axel still owes thousands of dollars to a bookie named Hips who is growing impatient. Finally, Axel wins big again, but instead of paying Hips, he keeps the money, gambles with is, and loses it all. Now in debt to several bookies again, Axel starts getting threatening visits from several "collectors" from the underworld.
Director
Karel Reisz
Cast
Jacqueline Brooks
Starletta Depaur
Stuart Margolin
M. Emmet Walsh
William Andrews
Carmine Caridi
James Woods
Carl Crudup
Antonio Fargas
Raymond Serra
James Caan
Sully Boyar
Paul Sorvino
Lauren Hutton
Steven Keats
Ernest Butler
Morris Carnovsky
London Lee
Joseph Attles
Vic Tayback
Burt Young
Allan Rich
Gregory Rozakis
Joel Wolfe
Ric Mancini
Lucille Patton
Crew
Robert Chartoff
Jerry Fielding
Victor J Kemper
Gustav Mahler
Dennis Maitland
Philip Rosenberg
Roger Spottiswoode
Edward Stewart
James Toback
Doug Turner
Irwin Winkler
Ted Zachary
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1974
Re-released in United States on Video February 21, 1995
Released in United States 1974
Re-released in United States on Video February 21, 1995
