The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

A neon haze over a strip club at 3 a.m. in high summer, cash and cigarette smoke swirling. Cosmo runs the joint by day, craps by night, loves his dancers and owes Mort everything. A Cassavetes dive into hollow machismo spiked with booze and bad checks.

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John Cassavetes directed The Killing of a Chinese Bookie in 1976. See John Cassavetes's full filmography, where to start with John Cassavetes, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Cassavetes.

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie was released in 1976 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 135 minutes.