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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

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.

1976 |2h 15m |  Thriller, Crime, Drama

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Cast

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Ben Gazzara

Cosmo Vittelli

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Timothy Carey

Flo

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Seymour Cassel

Mort Weil

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Robert Phillips

Phil

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Morgan Woodward

The Boss

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Azizi Johari

Rachel

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Haji

Haji

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Alice Friedland

Sherry

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Virginia Carrington

Mama

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David Rowlands

Lamarr

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Vincent Barbi

Vince

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Val Avery

Blair Benoit

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John Finnegan

Taxi Driver

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James Lew

Guard (uncredited)

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Language

English

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