«The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)»

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

Release Date: Feb 1976
Genres: Drama / Crime
Runtime: 135 min.
Cast: Ben Gazzara (Cosmo Vitelli), Timothy Carey (Flo (Gangster) (as Timothy Agoglia...), Seymour Cassel (Mort Weil (Gangster)), Robert Phillips (Phil (Gangster)), Morgan Woodward (John (Head gangster)), John Kullers (Eddie-Red (as John Red Kullers)), Al Ruban (Marty Reitz (Gangster)), Azizi Johari (Rachel), Virginia Carrington (Betty, the mother), Meade Roberts (Mr. Sophistication), Alice Fredlund (Sherry), Donna Gordon (Margo Donnar (as Donna Marie Gordon)), Haji (Haji), Carol Warren (Carol), Derna Wong Davis (Derna), Kathalina Veniero (Annie), Yvette Morris (Yvette), Jack Ackerman (Musical director), David Rowlands (Lamarr), Trisha Pelham (Waitress), Eddie Shaw (Taxi Driver (as Eddie Ike Shaw)), Sonny Aprile (Sonny (as Salvatore Aprile)), Gene Darcy (Commodore), Ben Marino (Bartender), Arlene Allison (Waitress), Vincent Barbi (Vince (as Vince Barbi)), Val Avery (Blair Benoit), Elizabeth Deering (Lavinia), Soto Joe Hugh (Chinese Bookie (as Soto Joe Hugh)), Catherine Wong (The Bookie's Girl), John Finnegan (Taxi Driver), Miles Ciletti (Mickey), Mike Skloot (Scooper), Frank Buchanan (Flo's Friend), Jason Kincaid (Parking Lot Attendant), Frank M. Thomas (Poker Player (as Frank Thomas)), Jack Krupnick (Poker Player), John Pappas (Bartender (uncredited))
The Killing of a Chinese Bookies

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.

Resolution Codec Bitrate FPS Size Language Subtitles  
710x400 px DivX 781 kbps 25 699.1953125 MB English No Try 
480x320 px MPEG 4 450 kbps 25 616.483035088 MB English No Try 

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