- HD 1080
- Runtime: 135m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: John Cassavetes
- Stars: Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Robert Phillips, Morgan Woodward
- keywords: gambling debt, strip club, mobster, los angeles, california, neo-noir, anxious
- Production_studio: Faces International Films
- providers: Max, Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel
- The The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is featured in the top rankings of 1976
- #17 in Top Drama Movies of 1976
- #6 in Top Crime Movies of 1976
- #11 in Top Thriller Movies of 1976
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.
