The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
February 15, 1976Release Date
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
February 15, 1976Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Ben Gazzara
Cosmo Vittelli
Timothy Carey
Flo
Seymour Cassel
Mort Weil
Robert Phillips
Phil
Morgan Woodward
The Boss
John Kullers
The Accountant
Haji
Haji
Al Ruban
Marty Reitz
Azizi Johari
Rachel
Alice Friedland
Sherry
Virginia Carrington
Mama
Derna Wylde
Derna
Meade Roberts
Mr. Sophistication
Carolyn Warren
Carol
John Cassavetes
Director
Donna Gordon
Margo Donnar
Bo Harwood
Composer
Mitch Breit
Cinematographer
Kathalina Veniero
Annie
Yvette Morris
Yvette
Tom Cornwell
Editor
Jack Ackerman
Musical Director
Sam Shaw
ProductionDesigner
David Rowlands
Lamarr
Trisha Pelham
Waitress
Eddie Shaw
Taxi Driver
Sonny Aprile
Sonny
Gene Darcy
Commodore
Ben Marino
Bartender
Arlene Allison
Waitress
Vincent Barbi
Vince
Val Avery
Blair Benoit
Elizabeth Deering
Lavinia
Soto Joe Hugh
Chinese Bookie
Catherine Wong
The Bookie's Girl
John Finnegan
Taxi Driver
Miles Ciletti
Mickey / Props
Mike Skloot
Scooper
Frank Buchanan
Flo's Friend
Jason Kincaid
Parking Lot Attendant
Frank Thomas
Poker Player
Jack Krupnick
Poker Player
James Lew
Guard (uncredited)
Frederick Elmes
Camera Operator
Sandy King
Script Supervisor
Rob Hahn
Assistant Camera
Art Levinson
Production Manager
Craig R. Baxley
Stunts
R. Michael Stringer
Assistant Camera
Catherine E. Coulson
Second Assistant Camera
Terri Messina
Assistant Editor
Jack Woods
Post Production Consulting
Phil Burton
Associate Producer
Robert Knudson
Sound Mixer
David Armstrong
Location Manager / Additional Editing
Bryan Ryman
Assistant Art Director
Jack Sheldon
Musician
Robert Heffernan
Other
Craig Holt
Apprentice Sound Editor
Michael Ferris
Camera Operator
M. Todd Henry
Assistant Camera
Paul Baxley
Stunt Coordinator
Phedon Papamichael
Art Direction
Anthony Harris
Conductor / Music Arranger
Robert Vehon
Construction Coordinator
Teresa Stokovic
Production Secretary
Nathan Haggard
Second Assistant Director
Don Robinson
Lighting Technician
Chris Taylor
Lighting Technician
Verna Bagby
Construction Coordinator
Richard Upper
Still Photographer / Title Designer / Graphic Designer
Bruce Hartman
Construction Coordinator
Bruce Knee
Lighting Technician
Mary Herne
Wardrobe Master
Neal Meisenheimer
Assistant Editor
Fran Morgenstern
Assistant Editor
Sadikhussain
Music Producer
Connie McFeeley
Accountant
Lanie Heffernan
Other
Steve Brooks
Other
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 15, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
Content RatingR
Genres
Wiki.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring Ben Gazzara. A rough and gritty film, this is the second of their three collaborations, following Husbands and preceding Opening Night. Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Morgan Woodward, Meade Roberts, and Azizi Johari appear in supporting roles.Gazzara's character of the formidable strip club owner Cosmo Vittelli was in part based on an impersonation he did for his friend Cassavetes in the 1970s. In an interview for the Criterion Collection in the mid-2000s, Gazzara stated that he believed that Vittelli, who cares deeply about the rather peculiar "art" aspect of his nightclub routines but is faced with patrons who are only there for naked girls and care little about the artistic value of any of the routines, was a double of sorts of Cassavetes himself.