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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 15m
  • 65

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John Cassavetes

Producer:

Phil Burton, Al Ruban

Release Date:

Feb 15, 1976

Runtime:

2hr 15m

Synopsis

A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.

Cast

  • Ben Gazzara
  • Timothy Agoglia Carey
  • Seymour Cassel
  • Azizi Johari
  • Meade Roberts
  • Alice Friedland
  • Donna Gordon
  • Morgan Woodward

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65
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80

Peter Bogdanovich used Gazzara in a similar part in Saint Jack (1979), but as good as that film is, it doesn't catch the exquisite warmth and delicacy of feeling of Cassavetes's doom-ridden comedy-drama.

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Metacritic review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
80

With a heavily improvised script Cassavetes gets the most from his actors, each giving emotive performances.

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Metacritic review by William Thomas
William Thomas
Empire
75

Gazzara is riveting as man who exudes cool and calm—style—while also stinking of panic.

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Josh Larsen
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