Movie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Released: February 15, 1976 (1976)
Runtime: 135 minutes
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Robert Phillips as Phil
Age at release: 50
- Morgan Woodward as The Boss
Age at release: 50
- Timothy Carey as Flo
Age at release: 46
- Ben Gazzara as Cosmo Vittelli
Age at release: 45
- Seymour Cassel as Mort Weil
Age at release: 41
- Haji as Haji
Age at release: 30
- Azizi Johari as Rachel
Age at release: 27
- Alice Friedland as Sherry
Age at release: Unknown
- Derna Wylde as Derna
Age at release: Unknown
- Virginia Carrington as Mama
Age at release: Unknown
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- Vincent Barbi as Vince
Age at release: 64
- Val Avery as Blair Benoit
Age at release: 51
- David Rowlands as Lamarr
Age at release: 49
- John Finnegan as Taxi Driver
Age at release: 49
- Carolyn Warren as Carol
Age at release: Unknown
- John Kullers as The Accountant
Age at release: Unknown
- Donna Gordon as Margo Donnar
Age at release: Unknown
- Kathalina Veniero as Annie
Age at release: Unknown
- Yvette Morris as Yvette
Age at release: Unknown
- Trisha Pelham as Waitress
Age at release: Unknown
- Eddie Shaw as Taxi Driver
Age at release: Unknown
- Sonny Aprile as Sonny
Age at release: Unknown
- Gene Darcy as Commodore
Age at release: Unknown
- Ben Marino as Bartender
Age at release: Unknown
- Arlene Allison as Waitress
Age at release: Unknown
- Elizabeth Deering as Lavinia
Age at release: Unknown
- Soto Joe Hugh as Chinese Bookie
Age at release: Unknown
- Catherine Wong as The Bookie's Girl
Age at release: Unknown
- Miles Ciletti as Mickey
Age at release: Unknown
- Mike Skloot as Scooper
Age at release: Unknown