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.

• Faces International Films
• Ben Gazzara
• Timothy Carey
• Seymour Cassel
• Robert Phillips
• Morgan Woodward
• Al Ruban
• Azizi Johari
• Haji