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    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976 POSTER

    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

    1976

    English

    7.2

    20

    79%

    82%

    Action

    crime

    Crime

    Drama

    gambling debt

    los angeles, california

    mobster

    neo-noir

    strip club

    Thriller

    John Cassavetes John Cassavetes Director James Lew James Lew as Asian guard Val Avery Val Avery as Blair Benoit Timothy Carey Timothy Carey as Flo Seymour Cassel Seymour Cassel as Mort Weil
    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.
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