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Movie · 1974

The Gambler

For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.

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Addiction spiral Self destructive protagonist Moral collapse Psychological crime drama Debt driven tension Urban alienation

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Release
1974
Runtime
112 min

Synopsis

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.

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