The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie (1976)
Director: John Cassavetes
Actors: Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1976
Region: All Region(Region Code:0)
Format: DVD, Ntsc, Widescreen
Running Time: 135min
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Language: English
Subtitle: English, Korean, None
Storyline:
Cosmo Vitelli owns the Crazy Horse West, a strip joint in California. He's laconic, a Korean War vet, and a gambler. When we meet him, he's making his last payment on a gambling debt. Then, he promptly loses $23,000 playing poker at an illegal local casino. The guys he owes this time aren't so friendly, pressuring him for immediate payment. Then they suggest that he kill a Chinese bookie to wipe off the debt. Vitelli and the film move back and forth between the double-crossing, murderous insincerity of the gamblers and the friendships, sweetness, and even love among Vitelli, the dancers, a dancer's mother, and the club's singer, Mr. Sophistication.
