Movie·1974·112 min

The Gambler

Name: The Gambler
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1974-10-02
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes

The Gambler is available in the US to rent or buy on Amazon Video and 4 more apps, and is not on a subscription app right now, as of October 6, 2026.

For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.

6.7 / 10 · TMDB

Drama Crime

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.

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