

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

Hips

Billie

A. R. Lowenthal

Naomi

Carmine

Jimmy

Spencer

Cowboy

One

Pimp

Basketball Coach

Howie

Monique

Bank Officer

Monkey
Las Vegas Gambler

Bernie

Sal
Moe
Benny

Singer in Park
Vernon
Uncle Hy

Joe
Ricky's Wife

Ricky
Basketball Janitor
Donny

Donny's Driver

Man in Park with Donny

Sidney

Bank Teller
Hospital Receptionist

Street Basketball Boy

Howie's Girl
Monkey's Girl
College Announcer
College Announcer
Harlem Bartender
Television Announcer
Radio Announcer

Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)

Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)

Student (uncredited)
