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  1. 111 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. The Gambler is a 1974 American crime drama film written by James Toback and directed by Karel Reisz. It stars James Caan, Paul Sorvino, and Lauren Hutton. Caan's performance was widely lauded and was nominated for a Golden Globe .

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  2. Feb 17, 1975 · The Gambler: Directed by Karel Reisz. With James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky. Literature professor Axel Freed is a gambling addict. When he has lost his money, he borrows from his girlfriend Billie, then his mother Naomi, and finally some criminals that chase him.

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    • Crime, Drama
    • Karel Reisz
    • 1975-02-17
  3. The Gambler is a series of five American Western television films starring Kenny Rogers as Brady Hawkes, a fictional old-west gambler. The character was inspired by Rogers' hit single " The Gambler ". [1] There are five movies in the series. The first four were directed by Dick Lowry while the last was directed by Jack Bender.

  4. The Gambler is a 2014 American crime drama film directed by Rupert Wyatt. The screenplay by William Monahan is based on the 1974 film The Gambler, written by James Toback, which, in turn, is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky 's novel of the same name. The remake, starring Mark Wahlberg as the title character, premiered on November 10, 2014, at the AFI ...

  5. He needs to lose, to feel risk, to place himself in danger. He needs to gamble away the forty-four grand on even more hopeless bets because in a way it isn’t gambling that’s his obsession-it’s danger itself. Advertisement. “I play in order to lose,” he tells his bookie at one point. “That’s what gets my juice going.

  6. The Gambler (1974) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. ... Favorite Film Performances a list of 40 titles

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  8. 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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