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.
The Gambler is of 1 hour(s) and 51 minute(s). It is Produced By: Paramount, Chartoff-Winkler Productions. It was released on 1974-10-02. It has the tagline: For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000. It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
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