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The Gambler

1974·111 min

The Gambler

Directed by Karel Reisz

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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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Axel

Hips

Billie

Morris Carnovsky

A. R. Lowenthal

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Robert Chartoff

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Victor J. Kemper

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The Gambler (1974) is about 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.

Who directed The Gambler?

Karel Reisz directed The Gambler (1974).

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