---
title: 'The Gambler (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'León Klimovsky'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Argentina'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-gambler-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151155/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Gambler (1947)

1947 · 72 min · Drama · Argentina

Original title: El jugador

## Synopsis

The Gambler is a 1947 Argentine drama film directed by León Klimovsky and starring Roberto Escalada, Judith Sulian and Florindo Ferrario. noirish in style, it is an adaptation of the 1866 novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It changes the setting from a nineteenth century German spa town to Buenos Aires and its vicinity in the mid-twentieth century. The film's sets were designed by the art director Juan Manuel Concado. It was Klimovsky's debut as a director.

## Credits

- **Director:** [León Klimovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-klimovsky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roque Funes](https://cinepixo.com/people/roque-funes)

## Cast

- [Pedro Laxalt](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-laxalt)
- [Haydeé Larroca](https://cinepixo.com/people/haydee-larroca)
- [Judith Sulian](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-sulian)
- [Alberto Bello](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-bello)
- [Roberto Escalada](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-escalada)
- [Ángel Boffa](https://cinepixo.com/people/angel-boffa)
- [Florindo Ferrario](https://cinepixo.com/people/florindo-ferrario)
- [Amalia Sánchez Ariño](https://cinepixo.com/people/amalia-sanchez-arino)

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