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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
- Original title
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
- Year
- 1976
- Running time
- 135 min.
- Country
 United States- Director
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- Screenwriter
John Cassavetes - Music
Bo Harwood - Cinematography
Frederick Elmes, Michael Ferris, Mitch Breit, Al Ruban - Cast
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- Producer
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Faces Distribution
- Genre
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Drama | Crime. Neo-noir. Independent Film (US)
- Synopsis
- 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 and the people around him.
- Critics' reviews
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"A Mini-Chinatown! Visually stunning and stylistically extravagant!"
Newsweek
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