Well-paced and reasonably entertaining in its own right, The Gambler still suffers from comparisons to the James Caan classic that inspired it.
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The Gambler

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Movie Info
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Director -
Rupert Wyatt -
Producer -
Mark Wahlberg , Stephen Levinson , Irwin Winkler , Robert Chartoff , David Winkler -
Screenwriter -
William Monahan -
Distributor -
Paramount Pictures -
Production Co -
Closest to the Hole , Chartoff Winkler , Leverage -
Rating -
R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Language Throughout) -
Genre -
Crime , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jan 1, 2015, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
May 24, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$33.7M -
Runtime -
1h 51m -
Sound Mix -
Datasat , Dolby Digital