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 Freed
James Woods
Bank officer
M. Emmet Walsh
Las Vegas gambler
Lauren Hutton
Billie
Paul Sorvino
Hips
Burt Young
Carmine
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)
Stuart Margolin
Cowboy
Frank Sivero
Donny's Driver
Vic Tayback
One
Steven Keats
Howie
Philip Sterling
Sidney
Carl W. Crudup
Spencer
Gene LeBell
Carmine Caridi
Jimmy
Antonio Fargas
Pimp
Allan Rich
Bernie
Richard Foronjy
Donny
Sully Boyar
Uncle Hy
Leon Pinkney
Street Basketball Boy
Frank Adonis
Man in Park with Donny (as Frank Scioscia)
Jacqueline Brookes
Naomi Freed
Raymond Serra
Benny
Beatrice Winde
Hospital Receptionist
Starletta DuPois
Monique (as Starletta De Paur)
William Andrews
Basketball Coach
Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal
Chick Hearn
Radio Announcer
Jerry Leon
Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)
Lucille Patton
Ricky's Wife
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 Kushner
College Announcer (as Jonathan Koshner)
Charles Polk
Harlem Bartender
Dick Schaap
Television Announcer

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