Audience Reviews:
Critic Reviews:
Internet Zeitgest:
Comments:
The Gambler
Summary: Literature professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation, is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a se...
Runtime: 1 h 51 min
MPAA: R
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 25,000,000
Domestic: $ 33,680,992
International: $ 5,600,000
Cast
Stars:
Supporting cast:
Other Cast, Production
Other cast:
Production:
Representation
Tags / Keywords
bag of moneybankbank tellerbare chested malebasketball gamebasketball playerbeatingblackjackcasinocharacter repeats someone else's dialoguechipcigar smokingcollege studentdeadlinedeath of grandfatherdesertdogdownpourfacial cutflashbackfloodgamblergamblinggambling addictiongambling debtgamegangsterhead buttholding one's breath underwaterhundred dollar billidentity crisisin debtkicked in the chestkicked in the stomachkoreanlimousinelos angeles californialoserman eating a lollypopman in bathtubman tied upmoney countermother son relationshipneo noiromega wristwatchphilosophypistolplaying blackjackplaying rouletteplaying tennispole dancerprideprofessorpunched in the facereference to machiavellireference to robert greenereference to william shakespeareremakereturnriskrouletterunningsaunascene during opening creditsslot machinestakestrip clubteacher student relationshiptennis playerthreattied to a chairtied to chairtime lapse photographytitle at the endtwo word titleunderwater sceneuniversitywealthwind farmwoman slaps a manyounger version of character
Similar Movies
Parental Guide
Global Consensus