The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

• 7.1 Thriller
• 1976-02-15
• 135 minutes 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.

Starring:

Ben Gazzara (Cosmo Vittelli) Timothy Carey (Flo) Seymour Cassel (Mort Weil) Robert Phillips (Phil) Morgan Woodward (The Boss) Al Ruban (Marty Reitz) Azizi Johari (Rachel) Haji (Haji) Alice Friedland (Sherry) Derna Wylde (Derna)

Director:

John Cassavetes

Writer:

John Cassavetes