Here we've displayed a list of the best Bookie films : 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 Belles of St. Trinian's(1954), Pardon My Past(1945), Miss Grant Takes Richmond(1949), Gladiator(1992), Hollywood or Bust(1956), Caddie(1976) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1990
114 Minutes
Gabriel Byrne Ethan Coen Albert Finney Marcia Gay Harden Jon Polito John Turturro J.E. Freeman Mike Starr Al Mancini
gangster moll bookie political boss hatchet man tense confident cool nightclub office warehouse forest household mafia prohibition rivalry underdog 1920s
Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
Crime, Drama
USA
1976
109 Minutes
Ben Gazzara Timothy Agoglia Carey Seymour Cassel Azizi Johari Meade Roberts Alice Friedland Donna Gordon Morgan Woodward
club owner mobster stripper singer bookie thug dark gritty emotional intense hollywood, calif. strip club chinatown restaurant backstage casino moral dilemma debt gambling addiction murder
A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
Crime, Drama
USA
1992
98 Minutes
Harvey Keitel Frankie Thorn Zoë Lund Anthony Ruggiero Eddie Daniels Bianca Hunter Vickie Bastel Robin Burrows Victor Argo Paul Hipp Fernando Velez
police officer nun storekeeper thug mobster bookie shocking bleak emotional new york city apartment church chinatown car store drugs adultery corruption redemption gambling
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Shirley Temple Dorothy Dell Charles Bickford Lynne Overman Frank McGlynn John Sheehan Garry Owen Willie Best Tammany Young
little girl girlfriend gangster gambler bookie father charming heartwarming uplifting playful horse track gambling house new york city chicago hospital party abandoned child starting over gambling suicide
Bookie Sorrowful Jones receives a little girl as an IOU.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
William Powell Jean Arthur James Gleason Eric Blore Robert Armstrong Lila Lee Grant Mitchell Erin O'Brien-Moore Ralph Morgan Lucile Gleason Frank M. Thomas
doctor wife jockey butler bookie horse trainer campy engaging madcap racetrack house murder romance horse racing discovery love mystery 1930s
A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1940
80 Minutes
Gordon Harker Elizabeth Allan Mervyn Johns Joyce Barbour Anna Konstam Cyril Raymond Judy Campbell Al Millen Norman Pierce Alec Clunes Mavis Villiers
landlord customer local barmaid bookie bleak brooding disturbing engaging gritty rousing pub england murder suspicion hanging justice execution mystery underdog
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 ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1954
91 Minutes
Alastair Sim George Cole Joyce Grenfell Hermione Baddeley Betty Ann Davies Beryl Reid Renee Houston
headmistress bookie student juvenile delinquents petty criminal teacher amusing witty lighthearted cheeky madcap spirited boarding school england spying boarding-school life horse racing education delinquency deception
The schoolgirls of St. Trinian's are more interested in racing forms than books as they try to get-rich-quick. They are abetted by the headmistress' brother.
Comedy
USA
1945
88 Minutes
veteran bookie wealthy man ex-wife uncle friend cheery madcap frenetic wisconsin small town family home mistaken identity family dysfunction debt divorce money discovery escape 1940s
An ex-GI wants to open a mink farm in Wisconsin; but is mistaken for a look-alike, a gambler who owes a lot of money.
Comedy
USA
1949
87 Minutes
secretary bookie wealthy woman old flame love interest lighthearted amusing office racetrack scam blackmail real estate gambling deception jealousy transformation rise love 1940s
A newly hired dumb secretary working for a bookie masquerading as a Realtor causes unintended hilarious troubles for her employer.
Action
USA
1992
102 Minutes
Cuba Gooding Jr. James Marshall Brian Dennehy Robert Loggia Ossie Davis Cara Buono John Heard Jon Seda Lance Slaughter T.E. Russell Francesca P. Roberts
young man boxer father promoter bookie police officer brutal gutsy intense chicago boxing ring school street ghetto boxing aspirations family duty friendship transformation
Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing - where punches can kill.
Comedy
USA
1956
94 Minutes
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Pat Crowley Anita Ekberg Max Rosenbloom Willard Waterman Jack McElroy Michael Ross Frank Wilcox Kathryn Card Richard Karlan
gambler chorus girl dog film fan bookie actress madcap playful lighthearted amusing car new york city chicago las vegas hollywood, calif. casino road trip on the run unlikely allies romance
A singer who can't pay his bookie joins a nerdy, star-struck movie fan and his Great Dane in a cross-country convertible ride to Hollywood.
Drama
Australia
1976
107 Minutes
Helen Morse Takis Emmanuel Jack Thompson Jacki Weaver Melissa Jaffer
single mother abusive husband immigrant child bookie womanizer disheartening emotional sydney bar apartment great depression infidelity single parents poverty marital problems underdog quest 1930s
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... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1957
86 Minutes
Norman Wisdom Margaret Rutherford Jill Dixon Leslie Phillips Delphi Lawrence Joan Sims Edward Chapman Peter Copley Vic Wise Marjorie Rhodes
assistant love interest bookie secretary partner jockey amusing madcap london jewelry shop racetrack café betting horse racing jewelry engagement money love rise 1950s
Norman Hackett (Norman Wisdom) works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1989
94 Minutes
Val Kilmer Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Michael Madsen Pat Mulligan Nick Dimitri Bibi Besch Jon Gries Michael Sharrett
femme fatale thief private investigator mobster bookie psychopath tense dark thrilling las vegas reno, nev. hotel desert double-cross mafia new identity robbery running away money underdog
A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Germany|USA
2003
88 Minutes
Nick Stahl Lukas Haas Johnny Galecki Rachael Leigh Cook David Proval John Diehl Zuri Williams Julio Oscar Mechoso
college student friend computer expert girlfriend mobster bookie engaging suspenseful amusing california university fraternity house dormitory library sports betting scam drug addiction relationships paranoia crime
Centers on four college friends who become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.
Comedy
USA
1951
80 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Jane Russell Groucho Marx Don McGuire Howard Freeman Harry Hayden Nestor Paiva Lou Nova Joe Devlin Frank Orth William Edmunds
bank teller waiter bookie girlfriend loan shark detective cheeky lighthearted spirited bank restaurant apartment alley financial windfall wrongfully accused aspirations friendship marriage proposal embezzlement love
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
Action, Romance
USA
2010
111 Minutes
Jennifer Aniston Gerard Butler Christine Baranski Jason Sudeikis Jeff Garlin Ritchie Coster Cathy Moriarty Peter Greene Joel Marsh Garland Dorian Missick Siobhan Fallon Hogan
bounty hunter reporter singer bookie police officer coworker frenetic lighthearted new york city new jersey racetrack office abduction crime crooked cops mystery pursuit love 2010s
A bounty hunter learns that his next target is his ex-wife, a reporter working on a murder cover-up. Soon after their reunion, the always-at-odds duo find themselves on a run-for-their-lives adventure.
Drama
USA
1943
80 Minutes
William Gargan Frank Craven Bobby Readick J. Carrol Naish Jay Ward Douglas Croft Bill Cartledge Irving Lee Selmer Jackson Allen Wood Jim Toney
jockey trainer bookie rival horse breeder retiree spirited heartwarming new york state racetrack stable office barn horse racing egoism maturing wager responsibility quest rivalry
Tom Harrigan raises orphaned Benny McNeil to be a first-rate jockey, but fails to bridle the lad's healthy ego. When Benny receives too many rebukes for unsportsman-like conduct from the ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
2010
100 Minutes
Mark Feuerstein The Big Show Melora Hardin Wendie Malick Dennis Farina Rebecca Creskoff Bobb'e J. Thompson Will Patton Saul Rubinek
con artist fighter nun chaperone bookie lighthearted hilarious new orleans orphanage wrestling ring wrestling scam road trip moral dilemma get rich quick tournament underdog transformation 2000s
After con artist Eddie Sullivan (Feuerstein) incurs a large debt with a local criminal ringleader, he creates a get-rich-quick scheme and enlists a sweet gentle giant named Walter (Wight) ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1974
99 Minutes
Scott Antony Judi Dench Michael Williams Nina Thomas Julian Glover Mark Dignam John Bindon Joseph Blatchley Ian Hogg
horse owner widow jockey friend bookie dark suspenseful intense racetrack england stable horse racing gambling murder investigation sabotage deception amateur detectives mystery pursuit 1960s
As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's (Ian Hogg's) horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2010
89 Minutes
Tom Arnold Casey T. Evans Bai Ling Josh Randall Nick Faltas
prostitute enthusiast bookie local boxer intense suspenseful gritty bangkok metropolis big city boxing match hotel boxing ring competition relationships accusations boxing martial arts comeback
Grieving over the death of his friend, an American goes to work for a b-movie actress in Italy, only to discover that living the stylish life could have fatal repercussions and second-guessing his decision to become her personal assistant.
Comedy
1963
107 Minutes
gambler stripper strip-club owner bookie bleak gritty tense uneasy london england strip club soho gambling debt quest escape pursuit underdog transformation 20th century
Crime, Drama
1998
107 Minutes
Ray Liotta Anthony LaPaglia Anjelica Huston Daniel Baldwin Jeremy Piven Tom Noonan Xander Berkeley Giancarlo Esposito Brittany Murphy Kari Wuhrer Gordon Jennison
cop partner bookie loan shark love interest rousing dark raw phoenix strip club crooked cops gambling debt heist new life escape wretched excess 1990s
A cop (Ray Liotta) with a big gambling debt gets three buddies involved in a deadly crime to pay off the bookie.
Mystery & Thriller
1997
102 Minutes
Tim Roth Joshua Pate Chris Penn Michael Rooker Renée Zellweger Ellen Burstyn Rosanna Arquette
heir police detective partner wife prostitute bookie dark intricate gripping crafty interrogation room park charleston, s.c. party interrogation murder mind games epilepsy truth dark secrets
A wealthy man (Tim Roth) turns the tables on two detectives (Chris Penn, Michael Rooker) grilling him about a prostitute's brutal murder.
Drama
1938
92 Minutes
Robert Taylor Edward Arnold Maureen O'Sullivan Frank Morgan William Gargan Lionel Stander Jane Wyman Nat Pendleton Charles D. Brown Gene Reynolds Don "Red" Barry
boxer gambler alcoholic bookie childhood friend love interest brooding engaging gutsy boxing ring bar boxing guilt corruption accidental death redemption gambling underdog forbidden love quest
A boxer (Robert Taylor) promoted by his boozing father gains a killer reputation and falls for a bookie's (Edward Arnold) daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan).
Other, Comedy, Drama
1949
94 Minutes
Loretta Young Celeste Holm Hugh Marlowe Elsa Lanchester Thomas Gomez Dorothy Patrick Basil Ruysdael Dooley Wilson Regis Toomey Mike Mazurki Henri Letondal
nun bookie songwriter artist soldier heartwarming amusing positive new england new york city world war ii hospital postwar america religion culture clash quest transformation 1940s
Two French nuns (Loretta Young, Celeste Holm) in New England raise funds for a children's hospital in a town called Bethlehem.