The Gamblers monitor thousands of ordinary lives, meddling when a conflict needs just a little push to slide from tension into tragedy. Then the real game starts: a chance to bet on a human disaster unfolding in real time.

This anthology drama series from Associated-Rediffusion presented stories of people who take a gamble – sometimes with their lives – in order to prove a point or better their position.

A father-and-son team of cons gamble their firm’s assets. The son is caught investing money that doesn't belong to him and is indicted on a swindling charge. The plot gets spicy when the District Attorney handling the case is his former sweetheart's husband. This situation gives the DA an opportunity to prosecute his romantic rival.

Card cheats travel by cruise ship to the Adriatic coast to fleece a wealthy aristocrat.

A filmed version of Nikolai Gogol's "The Gamblers", transposed into modern-day Russia and performed by an all-star cast.

Third film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Three longtime friends each struggle with a major life crisis threatening to destroy her.

Brian Leib, a thirty-two year old, ritualistic neurotic recluse who lives with his paranoid parents, only leaves his house to see his psychiatrist. His days are kept as simple as the loaf of bread he makes every morning; the first slice his breakfast, the last slice his dessert--this gives him a "sense of closure for the day." On the verge of jumping he finds a tumor on his neck. Through this new found bad news he gets the strength to talk to Claire, another patient of his psychiatrist's. Claire, a beautiful stripper with a badly stained childhood lets her male guard down and lets Brian in. In order to protect Claire, Brian gets involved with a motley crew of gangsters, faces his fears and gains the will to live... but is it too late?

Dave Fowler is an honest and sincere American football player. Dave goes up against professional match gambler Bernie Dupal and Mike Burns, the corrupt sports magazine publisher. One day, Dave is found murdered and Jerry Muller, Burns' lawyer and son-in-law, sets out to find the killer.

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building the Town Hall, other gangs set out to disrupt her business and try to kill her.