Storyline
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.
Principal Cast
James Caan
Axel
Paul Sorvino
Hips
Lauren Hutton
Billie
Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal
Jacqueline Brookes
Naomi
Burt Young
Carmine
Carmine Caridi
Jimmy
Carl W. Crudup
Spencer
Media Information
DirectorKarel Reisz
StatusReleased
Runtime112 min
Genres
DramaCrime
Release Date1974-10-02
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited States of America
Production
Paramount Pictures
Winkler Films