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

1974

1h 51m

6.7(121 votes)

Drama

Crime

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

45 members

Acting

James Caan

Axel

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Paul Sorvino

Hips

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Lauren Hutton

Billie

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Morris Carnovsky

A. R. Lowenthal

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Jacqueline Brookes

Naomi

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Burt Young

Carmine

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Carmine Caridi

Jimmy

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Carl W. Crudup

Spencer

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Stuart Margolin

Cowboy

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Vic Tayback

One

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Antonio Fargas

Pimp

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William Andrews

Basketball Coach

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Steven Keats

Howie

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Starletta DuPois

Monique

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James Woods

Bank Officer

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London Lee

Monkey

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M. Emmet Walsh

Las Vegas Gambler

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Allan Rich

Bernie

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Ric Mancini

Sal

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Joel Wolfe

Moe

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Raymond Serra

Benny

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Joseph Attles

Singer in Park

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Ernest Butler

Vernon

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Sully Boyar

Uncle Hy

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Gregory Rozakis

Joe

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Lucille Patton

Ricky's Wife

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Ed Kovens

Ricky

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Baron Wilson

Basketball Janitor

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Richard Foronjy

Donny

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Frank Sivero

Donny's Driver

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Frank Adonis

Man in Park with Donny

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Philip Sterling

Sidney

Production

Patricia Fay

Bank Teller

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Beatrice Winde

Hospital Receptionist

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Leon Pinkney

Street Basketball Boy

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Alisha Fontaine

Howie's Girl

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Presley Caton

Monkey's Girl

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Mitch Stein

College Announcer

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Jonathan Koshner

College Announcer

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Charles Polk

Harlem Bartender

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Dick Schaap

Television Announcer

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Chick Hearn

Radio Announcer

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Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)

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Jerry Leon

Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)

Directing

Melanie Mayron

Student (uncredited)

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