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The Gambler

The Gambler

For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.
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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.
Released: 1974-10-02
Duration: 01:51:00
Genre: Crime, Drama
Keywords: Hairy Chest, Two Word Title, Basketball Player, ...
Director: Karel Reisz
Writer: James Toback
Cast: Philip Sterling, Presley Caton, Frank Adonis, ...
Director: Karel Reisz
Writer: James Toback
Cast: Philip Sterling Presley Caton Frank Adonis Vic Tayback James Woods Gregory Rozakis M. Emmet Walsh Alisha Fontaine Jacqueline Brookes Paul Sorvino Frank Sivero Antonio Fargas Melanie Mayron Carmine Caridi James Caan Sully Boyar Allan Rich Stuart Margolin Raymond Serra William Andrews Lauren Hutton Dick Schaap Jerry Leon Ed Kovens Burt Young Ric Mancini Steven Keats Beatrice Winde Morris Carnovsky London Lee Carl W. Crudup Joel Wolfe Joseph Attles Ernest Butler Starletta DuPois Lucille Patton Baron Wilson Richard Foronjy Patricia Fay Leon Pinkney Mitch Stein Jonathan Kushner Charles Polk Chick Hearn Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Genre: Crime Drama
Keywords: Hairy Chest Two Word Title Basketball Player Basketball African American Basketball Game Basketball Court Playing Basketball Bet Bleeding Henchman Money Problems Debt Debt Collector English Teacher Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship Shooting Hoops Jewish Ford Mustang Convertible Mother Son Relationship Loan Beating Switchblade Knife Black Prostitute Bare Chested Male Female Topless Nudity Self Destructiveness Addiction Gambling Addiction Transistor Radio Gambling Debt Bank Tennis Court Reference To George Washington Classroom Playing Tennis Female Doctor Friendship Ransacking Money Withdrawal Gambler Blackjack Gambling Addict Threat Punched In The Face Kicked In The Stomach Shadow Boxing Looking At Oneself In A Mirror Fixed Game Reference To Dostoyevsky Contact Lens Mansion Record Player Movie Theater Party Rich Family Gangster Writing In Sand Beach Swimming Pool Grandfather Grandfather Grandson Relationship Swimming In The Sea Hotel Room Locked In A Room Bathtub Radio Listening To A Radio Italian American Speech Betting Sports Betting Harvard University Ghetto Lecture University Professor English Professor Professor Student Relationship Teacher Student Relationship University Student Rigged Game Son Dancing With Mother Facial Cut Gash In The Face Ambiguous Ending Face Slashed Threatened With A Knife Bloody Face Bookie Loan Shark Apartment Hiding In A Closet Bribe Fistfight Roulette Craps Scotch Whiskey Baccarat White Wine Envelope Of Money American Film Directed By Czech Director American Film Directed By European Director Man Wears An Open Shirt Motor Vehicle Car Convertible Car U.s. Car Cadillac Cadillac Motor Vehicle Ford Ford Car Ford Motor Vehicle Ford Mustang Convertible Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Motor Vehicle Man In A Bathtub Mother Dances With Son Degenerate Gambler Gambling Professor New York City Open Shirt Compulsive Gambler Prostitute Point Shaving Pimp Las Vegas Nevada College Basketball New York University Casino Jew Mafia
Description

Axel Freed is an English professor at New York College. He is also a gambling addict. Although he likes to win, it is only secondary to the excitement he feels in the possibility of losing. It is within this mentality that he ends up in the hole to the tune of $44,000 in one fell swoop, this amount which he does not have, and those to who he owes would not take too kindly to delayed payment without some sort of retribution.

He gets an up close and personal view of the nasty things that can be done as a consequence as he tries to come up with the money through legitimate and not so legitimate sources, the former including from his wealthy businessman grandfather, A.R. Lowenthal, who has had his fair share of dealings with the wrong side of the law himself, and his physician mother, Naomi Freed, both who may still be affected by Axel's actions regardless if they can, will, can't or won't help him.

Even if he can get the money, the feeling of his addiction may not allow him just to pay back the money as that, in his mind, is not winning, regardless of the consequence of being potentially deeper in with those he owes. The one other person involved is his girlfriend Billie, who may love Axel but who did not sign up for this kind of excitement in becoming his girlfriend.

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