The Gambler

Abstract

The Gambler (1974, USA) by Karel Reisz

Main Cast: James Caan; Paul Sorvino Company: Paramount Pictures

Axel a university professor has gambling debts. Instead of using the money he begged from his mother to pay them back, he continues to gamble.

Scene: gambling male adults betting nontransgressive solitary psychological distress

1:05:53-1:07:32: gambling Axel bets all the money he has won in Vegas – and which he would need to pay his debts – on one game. He listens to it in the bath tube. After he has lost, he kicks the radio to the floor.

Without knowing that he is betting that much money, he could also be a serious fan. When knowing he is playing that much money, it will be for sure considered as an addiction.

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