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.
DirectorKarel Reisz
ProducersIrwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
WritersJames Toback
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LanguageEnglish
Production companiesParamount Pictures, Chartoff-Winkler Productions
TaglineFor $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.



















