The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookieby John Cassavetes1h491976United States
Recommended byLaurent Cantet, Costa Gavras, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Amat Escalante, Dominique and Fiona Abel & Gordon
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A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
Credits
- Distributor : Orange
- Production Compagny : Faces Distribution
- Director : John Cassavetes
- Scenario : John Cassavetes
- Photo Director : Al Ruban, Mitch Breit
- Producer : Al Ruban
- Editing : Tom Cornwell
- Sound Recorder : Bo Harwood
- Original Music : Bo Harwood
- Set Decoration : Phedon Papamichael, Sam Shaw
- Associated Producer : Phil Burton
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1976
- French release date : 19 avril 1978
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : English
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