MOVIE · 1974
The Gambler
CrimeDrama111 min
James Caan is Axel Freed, a New York City English professor whose respectable public life hides a severe gambling addiction. After a bad run leaves him deep in debt, Axel keeps chasing the next bet instead of stepping away, leaning on family help even as the stakes rise and dangerous creditors close in. Moving between classrooms, casinos, and the city’s criminal undercurrent, the story stays fixed on a man who can explain literature with ease but can’t control his own impulses, with Caan giving Axel a sharp, unraveling intensity.
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