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    The Gambler

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    1974     Criminal drama    
    USA
    1h 51min
    R
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.

    A compulsive gambler (James Caan) can't quit or win. He falls into debt to the mob for $40,000 but seems to relish the thrill of gambling against the long shot. As a professor of literature at a New York University, he is in over his head, until his mother gives him some money which he quickly tries to increase in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the odds never allow him to win or fully recover, so his future is in the mob's hands. Caan and girlfriend Lauren Hutton are a sexy duo, and Caan aptly plays the risk-taker as a man with no future.

    Directed byKarel Reisz
    Written byJames Toback
    CompanyParamount PicturesParamount PicturesParamount Pictures

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    Starring

    James Caan
    Paul Sorvino
    Burt Young
    Vic Tayback
    M. Emmet Walsh
    James Woods
    Allan Rich
    Gregory Rozakis
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