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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) [R]

Release Date:
February 15, 1976

Original Title:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Alternate Titles:
Die Ermordung eines chinesischen Buchmachers
L'Assassinio di un Allibratore Cinese
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Director's Cut)
차이니즈 부키의 죽음

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Faces Distribution

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  RU: 16+  US: R 

Runtime: 135

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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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British Film Institute (BFI)
2012
#91		 Directors' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time

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Production

Accountant:
Connie McFeeley

Additional Editing:
David Armstrong

Apprentice Sound Editor:
Craig Holt

Art Direction:
Phedon Papamichael

Assistant Art Director:
Bryan Ryman

Assistant Camera:
Rob Hahn
M. Todd Henry
R. Michael Stringer

Assistant Editor:
Neal Meisenheimer
Terri Messina
Fran Morgenstern

Associate Producer:
Phil Burton

Camera Operator:
Frederick Elmes
Michael Ferris

Conductor:
Anthony Harris

Construction Coordinator:
Verna Bagby
Bruce Hartman
Robert Vehon

Director:
John Cassavetes

Director of Photography:
Al Ruban
Mitch Breit

Editor:
Tom Cornwell

Graphic Designer:
Richard Upper

Lighting Technician:
Mitch Breit
Bruce Knee
Don Robinson
Chris Taylor

Location Manager:
David Armstrong

Music Arranger:
Anthony Harris

Music Producer:
Sadikhussain

Musician:
Jack Sheldon

Original Music Composer:
Bo Harwood

Other:
Robert Heffernan
Lanie Heffernan
Steve Brooks

Post Production Consulting:
Jack Woods

Producer:
Al Ruban

Production Design:
Sam Shaw

Production Manager:
Art Levinson

Production Secretary:
Teresa Stokovic

Props:
Miles Ciletti

Script Supervisor:
Sandy King

Second Assistant Camera:
Catherine E. Coulson

Second Assistant Director:
Nathan Haggard

Sound Designer:
Bo Harwood

Sound Mixer:
Robert Knudson

Still Photographer:
Richard Upper

Stunt Coordinator:
Paul Baxley

Stunts:
Craig R. Baxley

Title Designer:
Richard Upper

Wardrobe Master:
Mary Herne

Writer:
John Cassavetes

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