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The Gambler(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-10-02
67%
125 Votes
Time: 1h 51m
For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Top 10 Billed Cast
James Caan
Axel
Paul Sorvino
Hips
Lauren Hutton
Billie
Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal
Jacqueline Brookes
Naomi
Burt Young
Carmine
Carmine Caridi
Jimmy
Carl W. Crudup
Spencer
Stuart Margolin
Cowboy
Vic Tayback
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