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
as Axel
Paul Sorvino
as Hips
Lauren Hutton
as Billie
Morris Carnovsky
as A. R. Lowenthal
Jacqueline Brookes
as Naomi
Burt Young
as Carmine
Carmine Caridi
as Jimmy
Carl W. Crudup
as Spencer
Stuart Margolin
as Cowboy
Vic Tayback
as One
Antonio Fargas
as Pimp
William Andrews
as Basketball Coach