The Gambler
For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.
The Gambler (1974)
Timing:
1:51 (111 min)
6.715/10
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Country
Production
Genre
Drama, Crime
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Director
Actors
James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young, Carmine Caridi, Vic Tayback, Steven Keats, London Lee
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler
Operator
Composer
Jerry Fielding
Artist
Audition
Cis Corman
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- A free adaptation of the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
- In reality, if a player owes a bookmaker a large sum of money, other bookmakers will not accept bets from him until the debt is fully repaid or significantly reduced.
- According to screenwriter James Toback, Peter Boyle (1935-2006) was considered for the lead role in the film, but Robert De Niro also wanted it. Toback approached director Karel Reisz (1926-2002) with a request to meet with De Niro. Reisz met with the actor and then informed the screenwriter that he would not even consider De Niro for the role, and if Toback persisted, his collaboration with the film crew would immediately end.
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