The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Directed by
John Cassavetes
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by …
The story
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
Cast
Ben GazzaraCosmo Vittelli
Timothy CareyFlo
Seymour CasselMort Weil
Robert PhillipsPhil
Morgan WoodwardThe Boss
Al RubanMarty Reitz
Azizi JohariRachel
HajiHaji
Derna WyldeDerna
Virginia CarringtonMama
Carolyn WarrenCarol
John KullersThe Accountant
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Donna GordonMargo Donnar
Meade RobertsMr. Sophistication
Kathalina VenieroAnnie
Yvette MorrisYvette
Jack AckermanMusical Director
David RowlandsLamarr
Trisha PelhamWaitress
Eddie ShawTaxi Driver
Sonny AprileSonny
Gene DarcyCommodore
Ben MarinoBartender
Arlene AllisonWaitress
Vincent BarbiVince
Val AveryBlair Benoit
Elizabeth DeeringLavinia
Soto Joe HughChinese Bookie
Catherine WongThe Bookie's Girl
John FinneganTaxi Driver
Miles CilettiMickey
Mike SklootScooper
Frank BuchananFlo's Friend
Jason KincaidParking Lot Attendant
Frank ThomasPoker Player
Jack KrupnickPoker Player
James LewGuard (uncredited)
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