The Gambler

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

as Axel

Paul Sorvino

as Hips

Lauren Hutton

as Billie

Morris Carnovsky

as A. R. Lowenthal

Jacqueline Brookes

as Naomi

Burt Young

as Carmine

Carmine Caridi

as Jimmy

Carl W. Crudup

as Spencer

Stuart Margolin

as Cowboy

Vic Tayback

as One

Reviews

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