The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, video cover

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
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Director: John Cassavetes
Produced: USA 1976
Produced by: Al Ruban
Written by: John Cassavetes
Running Time: 108 Min.
Leads: Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey,
Morgan Woodward

Quoted from cover:
"Girls and gambling are the passions of Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara) who owns a strip club, loves his dancers and loves his job. When he finds himself getting into more debt with the mob than he can handle, they insist that he pays them off with murder. Cassavetes explores his own struggle for independence in this intensly realistic and human portrait of a man forced to compromise his values."