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A remake of the 1974 film based on Dostoevsky's novel, starring Mark Wahlberg as a gambling professor who owes money to loan sharks and faces danger. The film features the final performance of George Kennedy and explores themes of excellence, addiction and fate.
The Gambler: Directed by Rupert Wyatt. With Mark Wahlberg, George Kennedy, Griffin Cleveland, Jessica Lange. Literature professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark.
- (74K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rupert Wyatt
- 2014-12-25
Nov 5, 2014 · Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams) and offers his own life as collateral.
- 2 min
- 7.2M
- Rotten Tomatoes Trailers
Oct 26, 2015 · He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank (John Goodman), a loan shark with a paternal interest in Bennett’s future. As his ...
- 3 min
- 157.4K
- Paramount Movies
Literature professor Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) 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...
- (143)
- Rupert Wyatt
- R
- Mark Wahlberg
The Gambler. Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) is a professor leading a double life as a high-stakes gambler. When he borrows money from dangerous gangsters, he places the lives of his loved ones in mortal danger and must risk everything to keep from losing it all. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
New York City English professor Axel Freed (James Caan) outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to...
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- Drama
- R
