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.
Directed by
Karel Reisz
Written by
James Toback
James Caan
Axel
James Woods
Bank Officer
M. Emmet Walsh
Las Vegas Gambler
Paul Sorvino
Hips
Burt Young
Carmine
Vic Tayback
One
Stuart Margolin
Cowboy
Antonio Fargas
Pimp
Frank Sivero
Donny's Driver
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)
Gene LeBell
Carl W. Crudup
Spencer
Beatrice Winde
Hospital Receptionist
Sully Boyar
Uncle Hy
Allan Rich
Bernie
Lauren Hutton
Billie
Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal
Raymond Serra
Benny
Steven Keats
Howie
William Andrews
Basketball Coach
Carmine Caridi
Jimmy
Jacqueline Brookes
Naomi
Jerry Leon
Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)
Philip Sterling
Sidney
Starletta DuPois
Monique
Richard Foronjy
Donny
Lucille Patton
Ricky's Wife
Frank Adonis
Man in Park with Donny
Leon Pinkney
Street Basketball Boy
London Lee
Monkey
Ric Mancini
Sal
Joel Wolfe
Moe
Joseph Attles
Singer in Park
Ernest Butler
Vernon
Gregory Rozakis
Joe
Ed Kovens
Ricky
Baron Wilson
Basketball Janitor
Alisha Fontaine
Howie's Girl
Presley Caton
Monkey's Girl
Mitch Stein
College Announcer
Jonathan Koshner
College Announcer
Charles Polk
Harlem Bartender
Dick Schaap
Television Announcer
Chick Hearn
Radio Announcer

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