The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

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.

• #neo-noir
• #striptease
• #gunshot wound
• #strip club
• #strip tease
• #coercion
• #strip show
• #burlesque show
• #female nudity
• #mob hit
• #gambling debt
• #mobster