The Gambler (2014)
Rating: 6.0/10
Duration: 111 min
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Director(s): Rupert Wyatt,
Description:
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.
Cast
- Richard Schiff as Jeweler
- Michael Kenneth Williams as Neville Baraka
- Andre Braugher as Dean Fuller
- John Goodman as Frank
- Emory Cohen as Dexter
- Brie Larson as Amy Phillips
- Mark Wahlberg as Jim Bennett
- Da'Vone McDonald as Neville's Muscle
- George Kennedy as Ed
- Jessica Lange as Roberta
- Domenick Lombardozzi as Big Ernie
- Anthony Kelley as Lamar Allen
- Alvin Ing as Mister Lee
- Griffin Cleveland as Young Jim
- Omar Leyva as Valet