The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

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.

• Bo HarwoodOriginal Music Composer
• John CassavetesDirector
• John CassavetesWriter

• Ben GazzaraCosmo Vittelli
• Timothy CareyFlo
• Seymour CasselMort Weil
• Robert PhillipsPhil
• Morgan WoodwardThe Boss
• Al RubanMarty Reitz
• Azizi JohariRachel
• HajiHaji
• Alice FriedlandSherry
• Derna WyldeDerna
• Virginia CarringtonMama
• Carolyn WarrenCarol