The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
135 min
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.
- Release date
- February 15, 1976
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Bo Harwood
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Trailer
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
- Virginia Carrington as Mama
- John Kullers as The Accountant
- Meade Roberts as Mr. Sophistication
- Kathalina Veniero as Annie
- Jack Ackerman as Musical Director
- Gene Darcy as Commodore
- Vincent Barbi as Vince
- Val Avery as Blair Benoit
- Elizabeth Deering as Lavinia
Crew
- John Cassavetes · Director
- John Cassavetes · Writer
- Al Ruban · Producer
- Bo Harwood · Composer
- Mitch Breit · Cinematographer
- Al Ruban · Cinematographer
- Tom Cornwell · Editor
- Sam Shaw · Production designer