Drama / Crime /

Score: 67.4%( 115 votes )

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.

Cast:

James Caan
Axel

Paul Sorvino
Hips

Lauren Hutton
Billie

Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal

Jacqueline Brookes
Naomi

Burt Young
Carmine

Carmine Caridi
Jimmy

Carl W. Crudup
Spencer

Stuart Margolin
Cowboy

Vic Tayback
One

Antonio Fargas
Pimp

William Andrews
Basketball Coach

Steven Keats
Howie

Starletta DuPois
Monique

James Woods
Bank Officer

London Lee
Monkey

M. Emmet Walsh
Las Vegas Gambler

Allan Rich
Bernie

Ric Mancini
Sal

Joel Wolfe
Moe

Raymond Serra
Benny

Joseph Attles
Singer in Park

Ernest Butler
Vernon

Sully Boyar
Uncle Hy

Gregory Rozakis
Joe

Lucille Patton
Ricky's Wife

Ed Kovens
Ricky

Baron Wilson
Basketball Janitor

Richard Foronjy
Donny

Frank Sivero
Donny's Driver

Frank Adonis
Man in Park with Donny

Philip Sterling
Sidney

Patricia Fay
Bank Teller

Beatrice Winde
Hospital Receptionist

Leon Pinkney
Street Basketball Boy

Alisha Fontaine
Howie's Girl

Presley Caton
Monkey's Girl

Mitch Stein
College Announcer

Jonathan Koshner
College Announcer

Charles Polk
Harlem Bartender

Dick Schaap
Television Announcer

Chick Hearn
Radio Announcer

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)

Jerry Leon
Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited)

Melanie Mayron
Student (uncredited)