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    R1976 · Crime drama · 2h 15m

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  1. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring Ben Gazzara. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] A rough and gritty film, this is the second of their three collaborations, following Husbands and preceding Opening Night.

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  3. 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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    • Crime, Drama, Thriller
    • John Cassavetes
    • 1976-02-15
  4. 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.

  5. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 crime drama directed by John Cassavetes. The film stars Ben Gazzara as Cosmo Vitelli, a nightclub owner who becomes entangled with a group of gangsters after accumulating a gambling debt.

  6. Donna Gordon. Margo Donnar. Morgan Woodward. John (Head gangster) SEE ALL OFFERS. Plans go awry when Los Angeles mobsters force the owner of a sleazy nightclub to commit murder.

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  8. Jul 25, 2015 · 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 environment and his own unhealthy appetites. When he runs afoul of loan sharks, Cosmo must carry out a terrible crime or lose his way of life.

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