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The Gambler is a 1974 American crime drama film written by James Toback and directed by Karel Reisz. It stars James Caan , Paul Sorvino , and Lauren Hutton . Caan's performance was widely lauded and was nominated for a Golden Globe .
James Caan. James Edmund Caan (/ kɑːn / KAHN; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972) – a performance that earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised his role in The Godfather Part II (1974).
Alexander Fordyce (7 August 1729 [2] – 8 September 1789) was a Scottish banker, centrally involved in the bank run on Neale, James, Fordyce and Down which led to the credit crisis of 1772. He fled abroad and was declared bankrupt, but in time he used the profits from other investments to cover the losses.
The Gambler is a series of five American Western television films starring Kenny Rogers as Brady Hawkes, a fictional old-west gambler. The character was inspired by Rogers' hit single " The Gambler ". [ 1 ] There are five movies in the series. The first four were directed by Dick Lowry while the last was directed by Jack Bender.
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; [ a ] January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. Known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he was one of classic Hollywood 's definitive leading men. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award, received an ...
Mississippi Gambler is a 1942 American crime film directed by John Rawlins and written by Al Martin and Roy Chanslor. The film stars Kent Taylor, Frances Langford, John Litel, Shemp Howard, Claire Dodd and Wade Boteler. The film was released on April 17, 1942, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]
Jamiel Chagra. Jamiel "Jimmy" Alexander Chagra (December 7, 1944 – July 25, 2008) was an American drug trafficker, carpet salesman and professional gambler. [1][2][3] He admitted to a role in the May 1979 assassination of United States District Judge John H. Wood Jr. in San Antonio, Texas. [4] Chagra was active as a trafficker of marijuana ...
The Gambler is a 2014 American crime drama film directed by Rupert Wyatt. The screenplay by William Monahan is based on the 1974 film The Gambler , written by James Toback , which, in turn, is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky 's novel of the same name .