Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Erscheinungsjahr: 1976
Land: United States
Alternativtitel: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, A Morte de um Bookmaker Chinês, Mord an einem chinesischen Buchmacher, Mordet på en kinesisk bookmaker, El asesinato de un corredor de apuestas chino, L'assassinat del corredor d'apostes xinès, Kiinalaisen kiristäjän murha, Meurtre d'un bookmaker chinois, I dolofonia enos Kinezou bookie, Egy kínai bukméker meggyilkolása, L'assassinio di un allibratore cinese, Chinese Bookie o Koroshita Otoko, Zabójstwo chinskiego maklera, A Morte de Um Apostador Chinês, Mordet på en kinesisk bookmaker, Убийство китайского букмекера, Die Ermordung eines chinesischen Buchmachers, Smrt kineskog kladionicara, Ubojstvo kineskog kladionicara
Regisseur: John Cassavetes
Autor: John Cassavetes
Produktion & Genre
Auszeichnungen & Ähnliches
Auszeichnungen: N/A
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Schlüsselwörter
Schlüsselwörter: anxious, gambling debt, los angeles, california, mobster, neo-noir, strip club
Handlung
Der folgende Text ist nur auf Englisch verfügbar.
Cosmo Vittelli, the owner of a seedy Hollywood cabaret, has a long-standing gambling problem that leads him into debt with mobster Mort. Unable to pay back his debt after losing big at Mort's underground casino, Cosmo is offered an alternative: eliminate a troublesome bookie protected by the Mafia as repayment. Cosmo must navigate the dangerous world of organized crime in Los Angeles while trying to protect himself and those he cares about from the consequences of his actions.
Zusammenfassung
Der folgende Text ist nur auf Englisch verfügbar.
‘Killing of a Chinese Bookie’ (1976) is an independently produced neo-noir thriller directed by John Cassavetes. Set in the grimy underbelly of Hollywood, California, the film explores themes of gambling addiction, debt, and the desperate measures one man takes to repay his obligations to a ruthless mobster. Cosmo Vittelli, the protagonist, owns a struggling cabaret and has developed a significant gambling problem, which ultimately entangles him with the local criminal underworld.
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