The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976 M
Production still from The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976 / Dir: John Cassavetes / Image courtesy: Faces Distribution Corporation / View full image
When
6.00 pm, Fri 28 Aug 2026 (118 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
Admission
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"Cassavetes’s Sunset Strip neo-noir is centered around a “classy” strip club, the Crazy Horse West, and its proprietor Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara). Devoted to creating the illusion of glamour, sophistication, and sexiness at the club, Gazzara’s Cosmo performs the role of a cool high roller both onstage and off, seemingly oblivious to his low-rent environs. When his chosen identity puts him in debt to the mob, instead of retreating he plunges himself ever more determinedly into his dangerous role. A cautionary tale about the dangers that lurk behind the masks we make for ourselves and about the border between reality and illusion." Pacific Film Archive
M | Moderate sexual references and nudity, Moderate violence
Production Credits
- Director: John Cassavetes
- Script: John Cassavetes
- Cinematographers: Mitch Breit, Al Ruban
- Editor: Tom Cornwell
- Cast: Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, Timothy Carey, Azizi Johari
- Print Source: Faces Distribution Corporation
- Rights: Faces Distribution Corporation
- Year: 1976
- Runtime: 118 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: DCP