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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.
Keywords
gambling debt
strip club
mobster
los angeles, california
neo-noir
anxious
Casts

Ben Gazzara
Cosmo Vittelli

Timothy Carey
Flo

Seymour Cassel
Mort Weil

Robert Phillips
Phil

Morgan Woodward
The Boss

Al Ruban
Marty Reitz

Azizi Johari
Rachel

Haji
Haji

Alice Friedland
Sherry
Derna Wylde
Derna

Virginia Carrington
Mama
Carolyn Warren
Carol
John Kullers
The Accountant
Donna Gordon
Margo Donnar
Meade Roberts
Mr. Sophistication
Kathalina Veniero
Annie
Yvette Morris
Yvette
Jack Ackerman
Musical Director

David Rowlands
Lamarr
Trisha Pelham
Waitress
Eddie Shaw
Taxi Driver
Sonny Aprile
Sonny
Gene Darcy
Commodore
Ben Marino
Bartender
Arlene Allison
Waitress

Vincent Barbi
Vince

Val Avery
Blair Benoit
Elizabeth Deering
Lavinia
Soto Joe Hugh
Chinese Bookie
Catherine Wong
The Bookie's Girl

John Finnegan
Taxi Driver
Miles Ciletti
Mickey
Mike Skloot
Scooper
Frank Buchanan
Flo's Friend
Jason Kincaid
Parking Lot Attendant
Frank Thomas
Poker Player
Jack Krupnick
Poker Player

James Lew
Guard (uncredited)
Crews

John Cassavetes
Director

John Cassavetes
Writer

Al Ruban
Producer
Bo Harwood
Original Music Composer
Tom Cornwell
Editor
Anthony Harris
Music Arranger
Anthony Harris
Conductor

Al Ruban
Director of Photography
Mitch Breit
Director of Photography
Nathan Haggard
Second Assistant Director
Verna Bagby
Construction Coordinator
Miles Ciletti
Props
Bruce Hartman
Construction Coordinator
Bryan Ryman
Assistant Art Director
Richard Upper
Title Designer
Richard Upper
Graphic Designer
Robert Vehon
Construction Coordinator

Craig R. Baxley
Stunts

Paul Baxley
Stunt Coordinator
Mitch Breit
Lighting Technician

Frederick Elmes
Camera Operator
Michael Ferris
Camera Operator
Rob Hahn
Assistant Camera
M. Todd Henry
Assistant Camera
Bruce Knee
Lighting Technician
Don Robinson
Lighting Technician
R. Michael Stringer
Assistant Camera
Chris Taylor
Lighting Technician
Richard Upper
Still Photographer
Mary Herne
Wardrobe Master
Robert Heffernan
Other
Craig Holt
Apprentice Sound Editor
Neal Meisenheimer
Assistant Editor
Terri Messina
Assistant Editor
Fran Morgenstern
Assistant Editor
Jack Woods
Post Production Consulting
David Armstrong
Additional Editing
David Armstrong
Location Manager

Sandy King
Script Supervisor

Jack Sheldon
Musician
Sadikhussain
Music Producer
Teresa Stokovic
Production Secretary
Connie McFeeley
Accountant
Lanie Heffernan
Other
Steve Brooks
Other

Catherine E. Coulson
Second Assistant Camera
Phil Burton
Associate Producer

Sam Shaw
Production Design
Phedon Papamichael
Art Direction
Art Levinson
Production Manager
Bo Harwood
Sound Designer
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Mixer
Backdrops & Posters
















