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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Director’s Cut)

1978, Movie, 2h 15min

John Cassavetes engages with film noir in his own inimitable style with THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE. Ben Gazzara brilliantly portrays a gentleman’s club owner, Cosmo Vitelli, desperately committed to maintaining a facade of suave gentility despite the seediness of his environment and his own unhealthy appetites. When he runs afoul of loan sharks, Cosmo must carry out a terrible crime or lose his way of life. Mesmerizing and idiosyncratic, the film is a provocative examination of masculine identity.

"The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Director’s Cut)" — drama, crime and thriller movie produced in USA and released in 1978. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.3 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 2h 15min. "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Director’s Cut)" is currently available to stream on HBO Max, The Criterion Channel and Amazon Prime ⎥ HBO Max and for rent and to buy on Apple TV and Amazon Store. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

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Critic William Thomas

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...Gazzara gives a marvellously unshowy performance, inhabiting his role with a host of tiny, telling gestures.

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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Director’s Cut) was released in theaters on January 1, 1978.