Highest-Rated Movies about 'Bookie', Sort by Popularity

Miller's Crossing (1990), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Little Miss Marker (1934), The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936), Saloon Bar (1940), The Grifters (1990), The Way Out (1956) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Bookie movies.

#1. Miller's Crossing (1990)

Storyline: Tom Reagan (played by Gabriel Byrne) is the right-hand man, and chief adviser, to a mob boss, Leo (Albert Finney). Trouble is brewing between Leo and another mob boss, Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito), over the activities of a bookie, Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) and Leo and Tom are at odds on how to deal with it. Meanwhile, Tom is in a secret relationship with Leo's girlfriend, Verna (Marcia Gay Harden), who happens to be the sister of Bernie. In trying to resolve the issue, Tom is cast out from Leo's camp and ultimately finds himself stuck in the middle between several deadly, unforgiving parties.

Plot Keywords: gangster, moll, bookie, political boss, tense, confident, cool ...

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#2. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

Storyline: Cosmo Vitelli owns the Crazy Horse West, a strip joint in Los Angeles. He's laconic, vet, and a gambler. When we meet him, he's making his last payment on a gambling debt, after which, he promptly loses $23,000 playing poker. The guys he owes this time aren't so friendly, pressuring him for immediate payment. When he's not able to do so, they suggest he kill a Chinese bookie to wipe away his debt. Vitelli and the film move back and forth between the double-crossing, murderous insincerity of the gamblers and the friendships, sweetness, and even love among Vitelli, the dancers, a dancer's mother, and the club's singer, Mr. Sophistication.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: club owner, mobster, stripper, singer, bookie, thug, dark ...

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#3. Bad Lieutenant (1992)

Storyline: A police Lieutenant goes about his daily tasks of investigating homicides, but is more interested in pursuing his vices. He has accumulated a massive debt betting on baseball, and he keeps doubling to try to recover. His bookies are beginning to get agitated. The Lieutenant does copious amounts of drugs, cavorts with prostitutes, and uses his status to take advantage of teenage girls. While investigating a nun's rape, he begins to reflect on his lifestyle.

Plot Keywords: police officer, nun, storekeeper, thug, mobster, bookie, shocking ...

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#4. Little Miss Marker (1934)

Storyline: Little Martha Jane, aka Little Miss Marker is left with the bookmaker Sorrowful Jones by her dad as part of a bet on a horse race. Sorrowful and his group of fellow bookies take to her, reluctantly at first, but their cynical ways start to rub off on her. Will a party set at Camelot bring back her faith in humanity?—Miss Eli

Plot Keywords: little girl, girlfriend, gangster, gambler, bookie, father, charming ...

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#5. The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

Storyline: Relations between Dr. 'Brad' Bradford and ex-wife Paula are surprisingly romantic. They divorced because Brad hated being dragged into murder mysteries, to which mystery writer Paula is addicted. But through horse trainer Mike North, Brad is embroiled in the case of a jockey who died of "heart failure" during a race. As they pursue clues, Paula pursues Brad for remarriage, and assorted hoods pursue the Bradfords.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: doctor, wife, jockey, butler, bookie, horse trainer, campy ...

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#6. Saloon Bar (1940)

Storyline: Against a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie Graves is not guilty of the murder for which he is due to be hanged in the morning.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: landlord, customer, local, barmaid, bookie, bleak, brooding ...

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#7. The Grifters (1990)

Storyline: Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. When her son is hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job and resultant beating, she finds that even an absentee parent has feelings for her child. This causes her own job to go wrong as well. Each of them faces the down side of the grift.

Plot Keywords: mother, bookie, son, hustler, bleak, brutal, disturbing ...

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#8. The Way Out (1956)

Storyline: A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. The more they investigate, the more holes they begin to find in the husband's story.—frankfob2@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords: murder suspect, murder victim, murderer, police detective, wife, brother-in-law, bookie ...

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#9. The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)

Storyline: The arrival of Sultan's daughter Princess Fatima at England's famous and prestigious 'School for Young Ladies' precipitates even more chaos than usual. Her father's horse Arab Boy is due to run at the nearby Gold Cup so Clarence Fitton, bookie brother of headmistress Millicent, ensures his own daughter is on hand to report progress. At the same time Barchester police have planted sergeant Ruby Gates as a teacher, and the Ministry of Education are sending a third inspector down after the previous two disappeared without trace.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: headmistress, bookie, student, juvenile delinquents, petty criminal, teacher, amusing ...

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#10. Pardon My Past (1945)

Storyline: Recently discharged GI's Eddie York and Chuck Gibson are en route to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin to start their own mink farm. While in New York, Eddie is mistaken for wealthy playboy Francis Pemberton and taken to see bookie Jim Arnold, whom Pemberton owes $12,000 in gambling debts. Arnold confiscates Eddie and Chuck's $3,000 savings, and demands the balance by tomorrow. Eddie and Chuck go in search of Francis to get their money back, but with Francis away in Mexico, everyone in the Pemberton household believes Eddie is Francis...—L. Hamre

Plot Keywords: veteran, bookie, wealthy man, ex-wife, uncle, friend, cheery ...

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#11. Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)

Storyline: A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>

Plot Keywords: secretary, bookie, wealthy woman, old flame, love interest, lighthearted, amusing ...

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#12. Gladiator (1992)

Storyline: A story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to save his fathers life and using the money pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ghettos. While being exploited by a boxing promoter the two teens become friends. An explosive ending puts the two friends in the ring against each other in a fight for survival.—Joe Miller <joe938216@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: young man, boxer, father, promoter, bookie, police officer, brutal ...

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#13. Hollywood or Bust (1956)

Storyline: The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the car, Steve tells Malcolm that he lives in Hollywood, next to Anita Ekberg's. When Malcom hears that, they both set out for Hollywood and the adventure begins...—Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: gambler, chorus girl, dog, film fan, bookie, actress, madcap ...

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#14. Caddie (1976)

Storyline: Sydney, Australia in the mid-1920's. Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her rich cad husband walks out on her. Despite numerous hardships such as the Great Depression, Caddie still manages to catch the eye of smooth dandy Ted and strikes up a romantic relationship with dashing Greek gentleman Peter.—Woodyanders

Plot Keywords: single mother, abusive husband, immigrant, child, bookie, womanizer, disheartening ...

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#15. Kill Me Again (1989)

Storyline: Fay Forrester, an attractive young lady wants to escape from her violent and jealous boyfriend Vince. So she hires Jack Andrews, a second class private investigator to arrange her death. She wants to restart her life with a new identity and the money she robbed together with Vince. Because of Jack's financial problems he joins Fay after her fake death. Unfortunately Vince finds out that Fay's still alive. The hunt for Jack, Fay and the money begins...—Markus Lasermann <mslaserm@trick.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>

Plot Keywords: femme fatale, thief, private investigator, mobster, bookie, psychopath, tense ...

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