Summary
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
James Caan
Axel Freed
Paul Sorvino
Hips
Lauren Hutton
Billie
Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal
Jacqueline Brookes
Naomi Freed
Burt Young
Carmine
Carmine Caridi
Jimmy
Vic Tayback
One
Steven Keats
Howie
M. Emmet Walsh
Las Vegas gambler
James Woods
Bank officer
Carl W. Crudup
Spencer
Allan Rich
Bernie
Stuart Margolin
Cowboy
Raymond Serra
Benny
William Andrews
Basketball Coach
Antonio Fargas
Pimp
Sully Boyar
Uncle Hy
Starletta DuPois
Monique (as Starletta De Paur)
Lucille Patton
Ricky's Wife
Richard Foronjy
Donny
Frank Sivero
Donny's Driver
Frank Adonis
Man in Park with Donny (as Frank Scioscia)
Philip Sterling
Sidney
Beatrice Winde
Hospital Receptionist
Leon Pinkney
Street Basketball Boy
Chick Hearn
Radio Announcer
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)
Jerry Leon
Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)