The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Criterion Collection)

John Cassavetes wrote and directed this moody study of Los Angeles strip club owner Cosmo Vittelli (Ben Gazzara), who agrees to kill an Asian bookmaker to pay off his gambling and business debts. Little does Vittelli know the bookie is actually a powerful mobster, and the hit may come with an unpayable price tag. Co-stars Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Morgan Woodward, Azizi Johari. Original version; 135 min./1978 director’s cut; 108 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); interviews; photo gallery. Two-disc set.