---
title: 'The Great Gambler (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shakti Samanta'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-gambler-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079236/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Gambler (1979)

1979 · 105 min · Crime · India


## Synopsis

The Great Gambler is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language crime action film co-written, directed and produced by Shakti Samanta, under his banner of Shakti Films. Based on Vikramaditya's Bengali novel Great Gambler, the film stars Amitabh Bachchan in dual roles, alongside Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh, Prem Chopra, Utpal Dutt and Madan Puri in pivotal roles. Its story follows international gangsters, spies, and secret agents of different countries' intelligence agencies and their undercover operations.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shakti Samanta](https://cinepixo.com/people/shakti-samanta)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rahul Dev Burman](https://cinepixo.com/people/rahul-dev-burman)

## Cast

- [Zeenat Aman](https://cinepixo.com/people/zeenat-aman)
- [Amitabh Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amitabh-bachchan)
- [Neetu Singh](https://cinepixo.com/people/neetu-singh)

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