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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a character study of its grinning, self-estranged protagonist, Cosmo, a small-time, rough-around-the-edges businessman try...
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Jan 18, 2021 · 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.
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May 17, 2020 · The original trailer in high definition of the Killing of a Chinese Bookie directed by John Cassavetes. With Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel and R...
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Starring Ben Gazzara, Timothy Agoglia Carey, Seymour Cassel. John Cassavetes engages with film noir in his own inimitable style with THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE. Ben Gazzara brilliantly portrays a gentleman’s club owner, Cosmo Vitelli, desperately committed to maintaining a facade of suave gentility despite the seediness of his ...
Aug 31, 2023 · The destruction of Cosmo VittelliThe Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring ...
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Feb 15, 1976 · The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: Directed by John Cassavetes. With Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Robert Phillips. A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring Ben Gazzara. A rough and gritty film, this is the second of their three collaborations, following Husbands and preceding Opening Night.