Kenny Rogers - The Gambler Label: United Artists Records 1978 Producer: Larry Butler Written: D. Schlitz Capitol Records EMI. The Gambler is a song written by Don Schlitz and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in November 1978 as the title track from. Directed by Rupert Wyatt. With Mark Wahlberg, George Kennedy, Griffin Cleveland, Jessica Lange. Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow. The Gambler had its world premiere during the 2014 AFI Fest at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on November 10. [19] Paramount previously set the film for a limited. The Gambler movie info - movie times, trailers, reviews, tickets, actors and more on Fandango. Directed by Karel Reisz. With James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky. Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has. Critics Consensus: Well-paced and reasonably entertaining in its own right, The Gambler still suffers from comparisons to the James Caan classic that inspired it. Kenny Rogers' The Gambler from Capitol Records Nashville s storied catalog reissued on 180-gram vinyl. The album has been mastered for vinyl by Ron McMaster at. Greatest song eva The Gambler is the title track to Kenny Rogers' 1978 album The Gambler which won him the Grammy award for best male country vocal performance in 1980.