The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Synopsis

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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When & where

Streaming on

• HBO Max↗
• HBO Max Amazon Channel↗
• Criterion Channel↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Ben Gazzara
  as Cosmo Vittelli
• 
  Timothy Carey
  as Flo
• 
  Seymour Cassel
  as Mort Weil
• 
  Robert Phillips
  as Phil
• 
  Morgan Woodward
  as The Boss
• 
  Al Ruban
  as Marty Reitz

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