The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 neo-noir crime drama film by John Cassavetes that follows a nightclub owner whose gambling debts entangle him in a violent underworld.

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instanceOf crime drama film
film
neo-noir film
associatedWithMovement 1970s American New Hollywood cinema
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director John Cassavetes
follows a nightclub owner whose gambling debts entangle him in a violent underworld
genre crime drama
independent film
neo-noir
hasCastMember Azizi Johari
Ben Gazzara
Meade Roberts
Morgan Woodward
Seymour Cassel
Timothy Carey
hasCinematographyStyle low-key lighting
naturalistic camerawork
hasCultStatus cult film
hasDirectorStyle character-driven storytelling
improvisational acting
realist aesthetics
hasEditingStyle deliberate pacing
elliptical narrative
hasNarrativeFocus psychological portrait of the protagonist
hasProtagonistOccupation nightclub owner
hasSetting Los Angeles
hasTargetAudience adult viewers
hasTheatricalRelease 1976
hasTheme crime and punishment
moral ambiguity
personal responsibility
hasTone dark
gritty
melancholic
hasViolenceLevel moderate to strong screen violence
mainCharacter Cosmo Vitelli
notableFor Ben Gazzara’s lead performance
its exploration of show business and violence
its revision of the gangster film genre
originalLanguage English
partOf American independent cinema
periodOfStory 1970s
portrays gambling debt
nightclub entertainment
organized crime
releaseYear 1976
writer John Cassavetes

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John Cassavetes notableWork The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
John Cassavetes directed The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. notableWork The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Opening Night follows The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Seymour Cassel notableWork The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Seymour Cassel notableWork The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
this entity surface form: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976 film)
Ben Gazzara notableWork The Killing of a Chinese Bookie