The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Feb 15, 1976

2h 15m

★ 7.1

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.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Faces International Films

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Trailers

Cast

Cosmo Vittelli

Ben Gazzara

Flo

Timothy Carey

Mort Weil

Seymour Cassel

Phil

Robert Phillips

The Boss

Morgan Woodward

Marty Reitz

Al Ruban

Rachel

Azizi Johari

Haji

Sherry

Alice Friedland

Derna

Derna Wylde

Mama

Virginia Carrington

Carol

Carolyn Warren

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