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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
2 hours 15 minutes1976-02-15
7.1
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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.
Cast
![Ben Gazzara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6VtdySQTPvoOUtCNe9qDSGut2Er.jpg)
Ben Gazzara
Cosmo Vittelli
![Timothy Carey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6ml0D7Etl20EB7bHmEsSuyamzec.jpg)
Timothy Carey
Flo
![Seymour Cassel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3xAx3mu2VxpTIgdYe9RmSpyVwjH.jpg)
Seymour Cassel
Mort Weil
![Robert Phillips](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5BzBpxwwWJWkg78Ov1eCSbgQAj5.jpg)
Robert Phillips
Phil
![Morgan Woodward](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//upoxqlTc8GrADyxQxXIrkcZlfWf.jpg)
Morgan Woodward
The Boss
![Al Ruban](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jPeCFPt0os4ZVdUGwadOzSPT3K8.jpg)
Al Ruban
Marty Reitz
![Azizi Johari](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aCyoOdUgKkj2X0SdqimmQEJMTNd.jpg)
Azizi Johari
Rachel
![Haji](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5OS3gqDqZD3NT4KhTzwJK9Xpzuw.jpg)
Haji
Haji
![Alice Friedland](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fjmTr1WwRLzV8erlns6eX2oR1ig.jpg)
Alice Friedland
Sherry
![Derna Wylde](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Derna Wylde
Derna
![Virginia Carrington](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//chO3YwVkMR9xgvy1pq0fsBxFvy2.jpg)
Virginia Carrington
Mama
![Carolyn Warren](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Carolyn Warren
Carol
![John Kullers](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Kullers
The Accountant
![Donna Gordon](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Donna Gordon
Margo Donnar
![Meade Roberts](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Meade Roberts
Mr. Sophistication
![Kathalina Veniero](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kathalina Veniero
Annie
![Yvette Morris](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yvette Morris
Yvette
![Jack Ackerman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jack Ackerman
Musical Director
![David Rowlands](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//146tN94WLL09BzwfQ3uJguR47tg.jpg)
David Rowlands
Lamarr
![Trisha Pelham](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Trisha Pelham
Waitress
![Eddie Shaw](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Eddie Shaw
Taxi Driver
![Sonny Aprile](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sonny Aprile
Sonny
![Gene Darcy](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gene Darcy
Commodore
![Ben Marino](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ben Marino
Bartender
![Arlene Allison](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Arlene Allison
Waitress
![Vincent Barbi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x1AuUURPoELlihBXtfOMN3wGxmu.jpg)
Vincent Barbi
Vince
![Val Avery](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jqstekVs471L1eFJ9Omz2n2BqEf.jpg)
Val Avery
Blair Benoit
![Elizabeth Deering](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Elizabeth Deering
Lavinia
![Soto Joe Hugh](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Soto Joe Hugh
Chinese Bookie
![Catherine Wong](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Catherine Wong
The Bookie's Girl
![John Finnegan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xYhWWV2LkzgwsoXdR6ASdb2dfZT.jpg)
John Finnegan
Taxi Driver
![Miles Ciletti](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Miles Ciletti
Mickey
![Mike Skloot](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mike Skloot
Scooper
![Frank Buchanan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Frank Buchanan
Flo's Friend
![Jason Kincaid](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jason Kincaid
Parking Lot Attendant
![Frank Thomas](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Frank Thomas
Poker Player
![Jack Krupnick](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jack Krupnick
Poker Player
![James Lew](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wuC0B13IutImC1AJ7VUxBCuZJVg.jpg)