The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (movie)
- User score: 7.1
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: John Cassavetes
- Production companies: Faces Distribution
- Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Release date: 2/15/1976
- Run time: 135 min.
Movie description
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.
