Directed by:
John CassavetesScreenplay:
John CassavetesComposer:
Bo HarwoodCast:
Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, Morgan Woodward, Timothy Carey, Robert Phillips, John Kullers, Al Ruban, Azizi Johari, Virginia Carrington, Meade Roberts (more)Plots(1)
A small-time Los Angeles nightclub owner falls for a lavish invitation to gamble at a private club. After losing high stakes on extended credit, he is pressured by a gangster to eliminate his debt by killing a rival underworld power referred to only as "the Chinese bookie." (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Ben Gazzara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271607_f89a8d.jpg)
Ben Gazzara
USA
Best movies:
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Dogville (2003)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![Seymour Cassel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/723/158723611_33fd48.jpg)
Seymour Cassel
USA
Best movies:
In the Soup (1992)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Faces (1968)
![Morgan Woodward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/175/161175853_b6e829.jpg)
Morgan Woodward
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
![Timothy Carey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871860_aad73d.jpg)
Timothy Carey
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
![Robert Phillips](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/165/160165549_8cc401.jpg)
Robert Phillips
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Cry Freedom (1987)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
John Kullers
USA
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
House of Strangers (1949)
Kiss of Death (1947)
Al Ruban
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Love Streams (1984)
Coogan's Bluff (1968)
Azizi Johari
USA
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
McQ (1974)
Virginia Carrington
Best movies:
Meade Roberts
USA
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Opening Night (1977)
Alice Friedland
Best movies:
Donna Gordon
Best movies:
Carol Warren
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Opening Night (1977)
![Haji](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/102/640/102640866_4ca79d.jpg)
Haji
Canada
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Derna Wylde
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Planet of Dinosaurs (1978)
Kathalina Veniero
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
The Sting II (1983)
Yvette Morris
Best movies:
![Val Avery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812659_147b9f.jpg)
Val Avery
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Jack Ackerman
USA
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Shadows (1959)
Machine Gun McCain (1969)
David Rowlands
USA
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Faces (1968)
Opening Night (1977)