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.

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  Ben Gazzara

  Cosmo Vittelli
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  Timothy Carey

  Flo
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  Seymour Cassel

  Mort Weil
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  Robert Phillips

  Phil
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  Morgan Woodward

  The Boss
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  Al Ruban

  Marty Reitz
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  Azizi Johari

  Rachel
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  Haji

  Haji
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  Alice Friedland

  Sherry
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  Virginia Carrington

  Mama