The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1976-02-15
Director: John Cassavetes
Writers: John Cassavetes
Language: English
Stars: Ben Gazzara , Timothy Carey , Seymour Cassel , Robert Phillips , Morgan Woodward , John Kullers , Al Ruban , Azizi Johari , Virginia Carrington , Meade Roberts
Runtime: 135 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Die Ermordung eines chinesischen Buchmachers , The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (United States of America) , Mordet på en kinesisk bookmaker (Sweden) , A Morte de um Bookmaker Chinês (Brazil) , Le Bal des vauriens (France, French Republic) , El asesinato de un corredor de apuestas chino (Spain) , Убийството на китайския букмейкър (Bulgaria) , Zabójstwo chińskiego maklera (Poland) , Smrt kineskog kladionicara , Asasinatul unui bookmaker Chinez (Romania) , Ubojstvo kineskog kladionicara , Mordet på en kinesisk bookmaker (Denmark) , Η δολοφονία ενός κινέζου μπουκμέικερ (Greece) , L'assassinat del corredor d'apostes xinès (Spain) , Ubojstvo kineskog kladioničara (Croatia) , Kiinalaisen kiristäjän murha (Finland) , 買起唐人經紀 (Hong Kong) , Meurtre d'un bookmaker chinois (France, French Republic) , Egy kínai bukméker meggyilkolása (Hungary) , Chinese Bookie o Koroshita Otoko (Japan) , The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (United Kingdom) , Mordet på en kinesisk bookmaker (Norway) , The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Canada) , The Killing of a Chinese Bookie , Убийство китайского букмекера , L'assassinio di un allibratore cinese (Italy) , El asesinato de un apostador (Mexico) , Mord an einem chinesischen Buchmacher , Mord an einem chinesischen Buchmacher (Germany) , チャイニーズ・ブッキーを殺した男 (Japan) , A Morte de Um Apostador Chinês (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
Plot:
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.
IMDB:tt0074749