KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (CRITERION COLLECTION) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1976
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: John Cassavetes engages film noir in his own inimitable style with The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. In it, Ben Gazzara brilliantly portrays gentlemen’s club owner Cosmo Vitelli, a man dedicated to pretenses of composure and self-possession. When he runs afoul of a small-time gangster, Cosmo is forced to commit a horrible crime in a last-ditch effort to save his beloved club and his way of life. Suspenseful, mesmerizing, and idiosyncratic, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a brilliant examination of desperation and masculine identity.
• Cast: Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Robert Phillips, Morgan Woodward, John Kullers, Al Ruban, Azizi Johari, Virginia Carrington, Meade Roberts, Alice Fredlund, Donna Gordon, Haji, Carol Warren, Derna Wong Davis, Kathalina Veniero, Yvette Morris, Jack Ackerman, David Rowlands, Trisha Pelham, Eddie Shaw, Sonny Aprile, Gene Darcy, Ben Marino, Arlene Allison, Vincent Barbi, Val Avery, Elizabeth Deering, Soto Joe Hugh, Catherine Wong, John Finnegan, Miles Ciletti, Mike Skloot, Frank Buchanan, Jason Kincaid, Frank M. Thomas, Jack Krupnick, John Pappas, John Cassavetes
• Director: John Cassavetes
• Runtime: 2:15
• Company: Faces Distribution Corporation, Castle Hill Productions
• Media Format: Movie