Directed by:
Karel ReiszScreenplay:
James TobackCinematography:
Victor J. KemperComposer:
Jerry FieldingCast:
James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Jacqueline Brookes, Morris Carnovsky, Burt Young, Steven Keats, Vic Tayback, M. Emmet Walsh, James Woods (more)Plots(1)
THE GAMBLER, directed by Karel Reisz, stars James Caan in a difficult role as Alex Freed, a compulsive gambler with many inner demons, who is completely out of control. He can't resist a bad bet because that's where the "juice" is. While his irrational rationalizations--largely influenced by Dostoyevsky, whose novel, THE GAMBLER, he teaches to his students at City College--might seem like a lot of existential hot air, they are well dramatized, making his descent downward believable even as his actions become increasingly frenetic. (official distributor synopsis)
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