The Gambler (1974)
For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.
111 min
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.
- Release date
- October 2, 1974
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Jerry Fielding
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- Main Titleinstrumental1:23
- On the Morning Afterinstrumental3:31
- On the Morning After (Continued)instrumental0:31
- To Interior School Hallinstrumental1:39
- Hips Comes to Visitinstrumental2:53
- On the Beachinstrumental0:52
- In the Bankinstrumental1:22
- To Grandpa’s Houseinstrumental0:21
- The Big Wininstrumental3:29
- Not for a Jewinstrumental1:32
- The Fix and the Tall Taleinstrumental3:01
- Airplaneinstrumental1:38
Cast
- James Caan as Axel Freed
- Paul Sorvino as Hips
- Lauren Hutton as Billie
- Morris Carnovsky as A.R. Lowenthal
- Jacqueline Brookes as Naomi Freed
- Burt Young as Carmine
- Carmine Caridi as Jimmy
- Carl W. Crudup as Spencer
- Stuart Margolin as Cowboy
- Vic Tayback as One
- Antonio Fargas as Pimp
- William Andrews as Basketball Coach
- Steven Keats as Howie
- Starletta DuPois as Monique
- James Woods as Bank Officer
- London Lee as Monkey
- M. Emmet Walsh as Las Vegas Gambler
- Allan Rich as Bernie
- Ric Mancini as Sal
- Raymond Serra as Benny
- Joseph Attles as Singer in Park
- Sully Boyar as Uncle Hy
- Richard Foronjy as Donny
- Frank Sivero as Donny's Driver
Crew
- Karel Reisz · Director
- James Toback · Writer
- Robert Chartoff · Producer
- Irwin Winkler · Producer
- Jerry Fielding · Composer
- Victor J. Kemper · Cinematographer
- Roger Spottiswoode · Editor
- Cis Corman · Casting director
- Philip Rosenberg · Production designer