The Gambler

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.

Drama Crime

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))

Melanie Mayron

(Student (uncredited))