Killing Of A Chinese Bookie, The

Director: John Cassavetes
Year: 1976
Country: USA
Language(s): English
Length: 128 mins
Format: PAL
Colour: Colour
Aspect Ratio: 1.85: 1

Synopsis

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.