Tag: James Toback

The Gambler (1974) Script

Script by:James Toback (Writer)
Directed by:Karel Reisz
Year:1974
IMDb:tt0071532

Plot:New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
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The Gambler Script

Script by:William Monahan (Screenplay), James Toback (Story)
Directed by:Rupert Wyatt
Year:2014
IMDb:tt2039393

Plot:Literature professor Jim Bennett 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 collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.
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Exposed Script

Script by:James Toback (Writer)
Directed by:James Toback
Year:1983
IMDb:tt0085513

Plot:Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for herself as a fashion model. During a vernissage she's approached by a mysterious man whose motives are unclear...
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Love & Money Script

Script by:James Toback (Screenplay)
Directed by:James Toback
Year:1982
IMDb:tt0084274

Plot:An investment planner, bored with his job and his girlfriend, is given the opportunity to help open a new firm in South America. Once in the new country, he finds himself dealing with dictators and revolutionaries during a time of intense political upheaval, and to complicate his life further, he begins an affair with his new employer's wife.
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