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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
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R,1hr 49min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1976
Director:
John Cassavetes
Distributor:
Geneon
Starring:
Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Azizi Johari  ...more
Synopsis: John Cassavetes takes a contemporary film noir turn (which he would return to in Gloria) after exploring domestic melodrama in A Woman Under the Influence with The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Ben Gazzara plays Cosmo Vitelli, the owner of a sleazy Los Angeles strip joint, who loses $20,000 at a mob gambling club owned by a small time gangster (Seymour Cassel). Since Cosmo doesn't have the $20,000, he is forced to murder a Chinese bookie in order to clear his debt to the mob. What Cosmo doesn't know ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
John Cassavetes's elliptical mid-1970s picture walks a fine line between self-indulgent and inventive. Fascinating in its originality, the film is somewhat undercut by an unsteady blend of naturalism and artifice. Originally developed with Martin Scorsese, the movie is ostensibly a gangster film, but the genre is bent into a demented character study. Cassavetes regular Ben Gazzara delivers an absorbing ... Full Review
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Ben Gazzara
Cosmo Vitelli
Timothy Carey
Flo
Azizi Johari
Rachel
Meade Roberts
Mr. Sophistication
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