Gambler James Caan Stars in ABC Sunday Night Movie
James Caan plays Axel Freed a college teacher whose gambling thrives on losing in The Gambler a modern drama. He blows $44 000 in a New York illegal casino and faces gangster pressure for repayment as his mother withholds help and he seeks a Joan but is scared off by the shark’s collection method.
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James Caan
Axel Freed
New York
Jacqueline Brooks
Joan
It's a Mad World three hour ABC Movie presentation
Spencer Tracy leads a star studded cast in a cross country chase for $35 080 in stolen loot. A dying motorist in the California desert provides the clue as travelers pursue the cash through a series of extravagant chase scenes.
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Spencer Tracy
Milton Berle
Sid Caesar
Buddy Hackett
Ethel Merman
Mickey Rooney
Dick Shawn
Phil Silvers
Terry Thomas
Jonathan Winters
Edie Adams
Dorothy Provine
Peter Falk
Jimmy Durante
California
Las Vegas
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