The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

ALL 02/15/1976 (en) Thriller, Crime, Drama 135 Min
  • Release
    02/15/1976
  • Production
    Faces Distribution
  • Rotten tomato
    70.95%
  • Original title
    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. John Cassavetes

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Tom Cornwell

    Editor

  4. Al Ruban

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Ben Gazzara

    Cosmo Vittelli

  2. Timothy Carey

    Flo

  3. Seymour Cassel

    Mort Weil

  4. Robert Phillips

    Phil

  5. Morgan Woodward

    The Boss

  6. Al Ruban

    Marty Reitz

  7. Azizi Johari

    Rachel

  8. Haji

    Haji

  9. Alice Friedland

    Sherry

  10. Derna Wylde

    Derna

  11. Virginia Carrington

    Mama

  12. Carolyn Warren

    Carol

  13. John Kullers

    The Accountant

  14. Donna Gordon

    Margo Donnar

  15. Meade Roberts

    Mr. Sophistication

  16. Kathalina Veniero

    Annie

  17. Yvette Morris

    Yvette

  18. Jack Ackerman

    Musical Director

  19. David Rowlands

    Lamarr

  20. Trisha Pelham

    Waitress

  21. Eddie Shaw

    Taxi Driver

  22. Sonny Aprile

    Sonny

  23. Gene Darcy

    Commodore

  24. Ben Marino

    Bartender

  25. Arlene Allison

    Waitress

  26. Vincent Barbi

    Vince

  27. Val Avery

    Blair Benoit

  28. Elizabeth Deering

    Lavinia

  29. Soto Joe Hugh

    Chinese Bookie

  30. Catherine Wong

    The Bookie's Girl

  31. John Finnegan

    Taxi Driver

  32. Miles Ciletti

    Mickey

  33. Mike Skloot

    Scooper

  34. Frank Buchanan

    Flo's Friend

  35. Jason Kincaid

    Parking Lot Attendant

  36. Frank Thomas

    Poker Player

  37. Jack Krupnick

    Poker Player

  38. James Lew

    Guard (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 38 , Crews : 52

Keyword

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) 135 Min

ALL 02/15/1976 (en)
Thriller, Crime, Drama
  • Release 02/15/1976
  • Production
    Faces Distribution
  • Original title The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. John Cassavetes

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Tom Cornwell

    Editor

  4. Al Ruban

    Producer