
Mean Streets(1973)
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.


“Mean Streets was just around the corner.”
A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept her past and what it means for their future.

Harvey Keitel
J.R.

Zina Bethune
The Girl

Anne Collette
Girl in Dream

Lennard Kuras
Joey
Michael Scala
Sally Gaga

Harry Northup
Harry
Tsuai Yu-Lan
Girl in Dream
Saskia Holleman
Girl in Dream

Bill Minkin
Iggy at Party

Philip Carlson
Boy in Copake
Who's That Knocking at My Door is a drama, romance film released in 1968 exploring themes of italian american, catholic guilt. Directed by Martin Scorsese, it stars Harvey Keitel, Zina Bethune, Anne Collette. A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept her past and what it means for their future.
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