The Gambler (1974)
3.6 of 5 from 56 ratings
1h 51min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- James Caan portrays a compulsive gambler who can't quit or win. He falls into debt to the mob for $40,000 but seems to relish the thrill of gambling against the long shot. As a professor of literature at New York university, he is in over his head, until his mother gives him some money which he quickly tries to increase in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the odds never allow him to win or fully recover, so his future is in the mob's hands. Caan and girlfriend Lauren Hutton are a sexy duo, and Caan aptly plays the risk-taker as a man with no future.
- Actors:
- James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young, Carmine Caridi, Vic Tayback, Steven Keats, London Lee, M. Emmet Walsh, James Woods, Carl W. Crudup, Allan Rich, Stuart Margolin
- Directors:
- Karel Reisz
- Writers:
- James Toback
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Remembering M. Emmet Walsh
More like The Gambler
Not released