The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
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- Runtime
- 135 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Ben Gazzara
- Timothy Carey
- Seymour Cassel
- Robert Phillips
- Morgan Woodward
- Al Ruban
- Azizi Johari
- Haji
- Alice Friedland
- Derna Wylde
- Virginia Carrington
- Carolyn Warren
- John Kullers
- Donna Gordon
- Meade Roberts
- Kathalina Veniero
- Yvette Morris
- Jack Ackerman
- David Rowlands
- Trisha Pelham
- Eddie Shaw
- Sonny Aprile
- Gene Darcy
- Ben Marino
- Arlene Allison
- Vincent Barbi
- Val Avery
- Elizabeth Deering
- Soto Joe Hugh
- Catherine Wong
- John Finnegan
- Miles Ciletti
- Mike Skloot
- Frank Buchanan
- Jason Kincaid
- Frank Thomas
- Jack Krupnick
- James Lew
Director
- John Cassavetes
Producers
- Al Ruban
