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The Gambler (1974)

Film · 1974 · 112 min · R · Drama · Crime

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.

Directed by Karel Reisz

Starring James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young, Carmine Caridi, Carl W. Crudup

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In cinemas2 October 1974
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First release anywhere2 October 1974

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