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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

7.1 average rating
7.1
English / 135 MIN. / 1976

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Ben GazzaraTimothy CareySeymour CasselRobert PhillipsMorgan WoodwardAl RubanAzizi JohariHajiAlice FriedlandDerna WyldeVirginia CarringtonCarolyn WarrenJohn KullersDonna GordonMeade RobertsKathalina VenieroYvette MorrisJack AckermanDavid RowlandsTrisha PelhamEddie ShawSonny AprileGene DarcyBen MarinoArlene AllisonVincent BarbiVal AveryElizabeth DeeringSoto Joe HughCatherine WongJohn FinneganMiles CilettiMike SklootFrank BuchananJason KincaidFrank ThomasJack KrupnickJames Lew

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