Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Cosmo Vitelli owns the Crazy Horse West, a strip joint in California. He's laconic, a Korean War vet, and a gambler. When we meet him, he's making his last payment on a gambling debt. Then, he promptly loses $23,000 playing poker at an illegal local casino. The guys he owes this time aren't so friendly, pressuring him for immediate payment. Then they suggest that he kill a Chinese bookie to wipe off the debt.

Vitelli and the film move back and forth between the double-crossing, murderous insincerity of the gamblers and the friendships, sweetness, and even love among Vitelli, the dancers, a dancer's mother, and the club's singer, Mr. Sophistication.

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Description:

Two brothers: one a drug-dealing layabout, while the other is a hardworking "model son." When the one begins straigtening himself out by becoming a high school track star, the other suffers pangs of jealousy, retreating into alcohol.

Actors:

Director:

Sandy Tung

Year

1989

Runtime:

101

Genre

Drama

Media

Price:

$0.00