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It is catalogued under topics including 1974 American films, 1974 crime drama films and 1974 English-language films.
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6.7New 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: 1974-10-02111 minDir: Karel ReiszDrama, Crime
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
Themes
- new york city
- gambling
- professor
- money
- mafia
- debt
- jewish american
- gambling addiction
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Gambler
- Main subject
- gambling
- Director
- Karel Reisz
- Screenwriter
- James Toback
- Cast member
- Allan Rich
- Composer
- Jerry Fielding
- Producer
- Robert Chartoff
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Victor J. Kemper
- Narrative location
- Russian Empire
- Filming location
- Las Vegas Valley
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 838987
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1977-03-15
- film editor
- Roger Spottiswoode
- title
- The Gambler
- after a work by
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- costume designer
- Albert Wolsky
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- review score
- 82%
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