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.
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
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)
Karel Reisz
Director
James Toback
Writer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Jerry Fielding
Original Music Composer
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Gene LeBell
Stunts
Roger Spottiswoode
Editor
Cis Corman
Casting
Philip Rosenberg
Production Design
Edward Stewart
Set Decoration
Albert Wolsky
Costume Design
William A. Farley
Hairdresser
Robert Laden
Makeup Artist
Hal W. Polaire
Production Manager
Dennis Maitland
Sound Mixer
Terry Rawlings
Sound Editor
Derek Holding
Dialogue Editor
Doug E. Turner
Sound Recordist
