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

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