Saul Rubinek has nabbed a role in S. Craig Zahler’s gangster thriller The Bookie & The Bruiser, which recently completed production in Canada.

The Copenhagen Test actor plays the role of Eli Hirschbaum, the owner and operator of Hirschbaum’s Drugstore, an old-fashioned “soda jerk” and pharmacist in 1959-era New York City. Hirschbaum is a father figure for Rivner, a Jewish veteran played by Theo James , and Boscolo, a tough Italian-American from the Lower East Side played by Vince Vaughn .

Both Rivner and Boscolo struggle to return to civilian life after the Second World War and build a thriving underground gambling operation that attracts dangerous attention from organized crime groups. The Bookie & The Bruiser is produced by Anthony Katagas of Keep Your Head Productions and Dave Caplan.…