Le Flambeur (1974)
Axel Freed, honnête professeur de littérature à l'université de New York, a un vice caché dont ses élèves ne peuvent se douter : il est complètement possédé par la passion du jeu. Sans se rendre compte de l'engrenage dans lequel il est pris, il passe de très nombreuses soirées au casino. Malheureusement, la chance ne lui sourit pas souvent. Après une nuit désastreuse, il se retrouve avec une dette considérable. Il a perdu la somme de 44 000 dollars, à régler sous 48 heures. Se tournant vers sa mère, Naomi, il comprend qu'il doit trouver seul une solution. Hips, le gérant du casino, lui transmet les menaces de ses créanciers...
Directeur: Karel Reisz
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James Caan as Axel |
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Paul Sorvino as Hips |
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Lauren Hutton as Billie |
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Morris Carnovsky as A. R. Lowenthal |
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Jacqueline Brookes as Naomi |
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Burt Young as Carmine |
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Carmine Caridi as Jimmy |
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Carl W. Crudup as Spencer |
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Stuart Margolin as Cowboy |
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Vic Tayback as One |
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Antonio Fargas as Pimp |
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William Andrews as Basketball Coach |
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Steven Keats as Howie |
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Starletta DuPois as Monique |
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James Woods as Bank Officer |
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London Lee as Monkey |
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M. Emmet Walsh as Las Vegas Gambler |
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Allan Rich as Bernie |
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Ric Mancini as Sal |
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Joel Wolfe as Moe |
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Raymond Serra as Benny |
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Joseph Attles as Singer in Park |
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Ernest Butler as Vernon |
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Sully Boyar as Uncle Hy |
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Gregory Rozakis as Joe |
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Lucille Patton as Ricky's Wife |
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Ed Kovens as Ricky |
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Baron Wilson as Basketball Janitor |
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Richard Foronjy as Donny |
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Frank Sivero as Donny's Driver |
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Frank Adonis as Man in Park with Donny |
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Philip Sterling as Sidney |
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Patricia Fay as Bank Teller |
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Beatrice Winde as Hospital Receptionist |
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Leon Pinkney as Street Basketball Boy |
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Alisha Fontaine as Howie's Girl |
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Presley Caton as Monkey's Girl |
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Mitch Stein as College Announcer |
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Jonathan Koshner as College Announcer |
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Charles Polk as Harlem Bartender |
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Dick Schaap as Television Announcer |
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Chick Hearn as Radio Announcer |
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Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Street Basketball Boy (uncredited) |
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Jerry Leon as Harlem Bar Patron (uncredited) |
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Melanie Mayron as Student (uncredited) |
| Directing | Karel Reisz | Director |
| Writing | James Toback | Writer |
| Production | Robert Chartoff | Producer |
| Production | Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Sound | Jerry Fielding | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Victor J. Kemper | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Gene LeBell | Stunts |
| Editing | Roger Spottiswoode | Editor |
| Production | Cis Corman | Casting |
| Art | Philip Rosenberg | Production Design |
| Art | Edward Stewart | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | William A. Farley | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Laden | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Hal W. Polaire | Production Manager |
| Sound | Dennis Maitland | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Terry Rawlings | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Derek Holding | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Doug E. Turner | Sound Recordist |
