| Plot: | When club owner Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara) runs afoul of gangsters, he is forced to commit a horrible crime to save his beloved club and his way of life in this thought-provoking examination of desperation and masculine identity.
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| Overview: | John Cassavetes engages film noir in his own inimitable style with The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Ben Gazzara brilliantly portrays gentlemen's club owner Cosmo Vitelli, a man dedicated to pretenses of composure and self-possession. When he runs afoul of a group of gangsters, Cosmo is forced to commit a horrible crime in a last-ditch effort to save his beloved club and his way of life. Suspenseful, mesmerizing, and idiosyncratic, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a thought-provoking examination of desperation and masculine identity.
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| Cast: |
Ben Gazzara || Timothy Agoglia Carey || Seymour Cassel || Robert Phillips || Morgan Woodward || John Red Kullers || Al Ruban || Azizi Johari || Virginia Carrington || Meade Roberts
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| Running Time: | 135 mins. (approx.)
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| Languages: | English (Dolby Digital 1.0 - Mono)
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| Distributor: |
Criterion Collection [A USA-Based Distributor]
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| Rating: | | UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board." |
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| Features: |
Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1MonoRestored High-Def Transfer of Cassavetes’ 108-Minute 1978 Theatrical EditVideo InterviewsAudio InterviewsStills Gallery
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