The Gambler

October 2, 1974•1h 51m•★ 6.7

DramaCrime

“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.

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Director

Karel Reisz

Writers

James Toback

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