Movie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Overview
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
Details
- Release date
- 1976-02-15
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Faces International Films, Al Ruban Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ben Gazzara as Cosmo Vittelli
- Timothy Carey as Flo
- Seymour Cassel as Mort Weil
- Robert Phillips as Phil
- Morgan Woodward as The Boss
- Al Ruban as Marty Reitz
- Azizi Johari as Rachel
- Haji as Haji
- Alice Friedland as Sherry
- Derna Wylde as Derna
- Virginia Carrington as Mama
- Carolyn Warren as Carol
Crew
- John Cassavetes - Director
- John Cassavetes - Writer
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