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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

★ 7.0 TMDB Rating · 308 votes

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.

Director
John Cassavetes
Release date
Feb 15, 1976
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

  • Portrait of Ben Gazzara

    Ben Gazzara

    Cosmo Vittelli

  • Portrait of Timothy Carey

    Timothy Carey

    Flo

  • Portrait of Seymour Cassel

    Seymour Cassel

    Mort Weil

  • Portrait of Robert Phillips

    Robert Phillips

    Phil

  • Portrait of Morgan Woodward

    Morgan Woodward

    The Boss

  • Portrait of Al Ruban

    Al Ruban

    Marty Reitz

  • Portrait of Azizi Johari

    Azizi Johari

    Rachel

  • Portrait of Haji

    Haji

    Haji

  • Portrait of Alice Friedland

    Alice Friedland

    Sherry

  • Derna Wylde

    Derna

  • Portrait of Virginia Carrington

    Virginia Carrington

    Mama

  • Carolyn Warren

    Carol

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Canada
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