The Gambler
1 hour 51 minutes1974-10-02
6.7
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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.
Cast
James Caan
Axel Freed
Paul Sorvino
Hips
Lauren Hutton
Billie
Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal
Jacqueline Brookes
Naomi Freed
Burt Young
Carmine
Carmine Caridi
Jimmy
Vic Tayback
One
Steven Keats
Howie
London Lee
Monkey
M. Emmet Walsh
Las Vegas gambler
James Woods
Bank officer
Carl W. Crudup
Spencer
Allan Rich
Bernie
Stuart Margolin
Cowboy
Ric Mancini
Sal
Joel Wolfe
Moe
Raymond Serra
Benny
William Andrews
Basketball Coach
Joseph Attles
Singer in Park
Antonio Fargas
Pimp
Ernest Butler
Vernon
Sully Boyar
Uncle Hy
Gregory Rozakis
Joe
Starletta DuPois
Monique (as Starletta De Paur)
Lucille Patton
Ricky's Wife
Ed Kovens
Ricky
Baron Wilson
Basketball Janitor
Richard Foronjy
Donny
Frank Sivero
Donny's Driver
Frank Adonis
Man in Park with Donny (as Frank Scioscia)
Philip Sterling
Sidney
Patricia Fay
Bank Teller
Beatrice Winde
Hospital Receptionist
Leon Pinkney
Street Basketball Boy
Alisha Fontaine
Howie's Girl
Presley Caton
Monkey's Girl
Mitch Stein
College Announcer
Jonathan Kushner
College Announcer (as Jonathan Koshner)
Charles Polk
Harlem Bartender
Dick Schaap
Television Announcer
Chick Hearn
Radio Announcer
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)
Jerry Leon
Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)
