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Crime, Drama, Thriller - 1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
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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.
Director:
,
John Cassavetes
Cast:
,
Ben Gazzara
,
Timothy Carey
,
Seymour Cassel
,
Al Ruban
,
Morgan Woodward
,
Robert Phillips
,
Meade Roberts
,
Azizi Johari
,
John Kullers
,
Virginia Carrington

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Rated:
R
Runtime:
135 min
Release date:
15 Feb 1976
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
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Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Watching the film is like listening to someone use a lot of impressive words, the meanings of which are just wrong enough to keep you in a state of total confusion, but occasionally right enough to hold your attention. What is he trying to say?
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
It's rather like a shaggy dog story operating inside a chase movie. Chinese Bookie is the more insouciant, involuted and unfathomable of the two; the curdled charm of Gazzara's lopsided grin has never been more to the point.
– Melissa Anderson,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
There's no cinematography credit, which suggests Cassavetes either added that hat to his writer-director wardrobe, or the real culprit left town ahead of the posse.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
7 Jul 2010
fresh:
John Cassavetes, who made much of his money performing in action films, put that experience to work as the director of this hard, brooding crime drama
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 May 2013
fresh:
When Cassavetes is really cooking, even the moments that are awkward and forced can become electric.
– Jay Cocks,
TIME Magazine,
3 May 2013
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