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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)  link to The Killing of a Chinese Bookie on IMDb  

Number: 2049

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IMDb Rating:
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7.5/10 (8405 votes)

Country: USA, 135 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Crime

Director(s): John Cassavetes

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Cosmo Vitelli owns the Crazy Horse West, a strip joint in California. He's laconic, a Korean War vet, and a gambler. When we meet him, he's making his last payment on a gambling debt. Then, he promptly loses $23,000 playing poker at an illegal local casino. The guys he owes this time aren't so friendly, pressuring him for immediate payment. Then they suggest that he kill a Chinese bookie to wipe off the debt. Vitelli and the film move back and forth between the double-crossing, murderous insincerity of the gamblers and the friendships, sweetness, and even love among Vitelli, the dancers, a dancer's mother, and the club's singer, Mr. Sophistication.

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Cast:

photo Ben Gazzara Ben Gazzara Cosmo Vittelli
photo Timothy Carey Timothy Carey Flo
photo Seymour Cassel Seymour Cassel Mort Weil
photo Robert Phillips Robert Phillips
photo Morgan Woodward Morgan Woodward The Boss

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1