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Mean Streets (1973)

Warner Bros. A Warner Communications Company presents a Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Production.

Director: Martin Scorsese. Screenplay: Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin. Producer: Jonathan T. Taplin. Executive Producer: E. Lee Perry. Cinematography: Kent Wakeford. Editor: Sidney Levin.

Cast: Harvey Keitel (Charlie), Robert De Niro (Johnny Boy), David Proval (Tony), Amy Robinson (Teresa), Richard Romanus (Michael), Cesare Danova (Uncle Giovanni), George Memmoli (Joey Catucci), Victor Argo (Mario), Lenny Scaletta (Jimmy), Murray Moston (Oscar), David Carradine (Drunk), Robert Carradine (Boy with gun), Jeannie Bell (Diane), Lois Walden (Girl at Bar), D'Mitch Davis (Cop), Dino Seragusa (Old Man), Julie Andelman (Girl at Party), Peter Fain (George), Harry Northup (Soldier), Robert Wilder (Benson), Jaime Alba (First Young Boy), Ken Konstantin (Second Young Boy), Nicki "Ack" Aquilino (Man on Docks), Catherine Scorsese (Woman in Apartment Hallway), Ken Sinclair (Sammy), B. Mitchell Reed (Disc Jockey), Martin Scorsese (Shorty, the Hitman), Barbara Weintraub (Heather Weintraub), Ron Satloff (Carl), Anna Uricola (Neighbor at Window).

M.P.A.A. Rating: R.
Running Time: 110 minutes.
Home Video: Warner Bros. cassette and laserdisc.

Synopsis: Charlie, a young drifter in New York's Little Italy, is marking time until his Uncle Giovanni, a protection racketeer, gives him a chance to enter the restaurant business. Charlie's ambitions are complicated by his devotion to his best friend, Johnny Boy, and his love affair with his cousin Teresa, alliances opposed by Uncle Giovanni. When Johnny Boy gets into serious debt with Michael, a local loan shark, Charlie tries to help. But Johnny Boy's taunting defiance of Michael goads the petty mobster into hiring a hitman to settle the score. As Charlie, Johnny Boy, and Teresa attempt to leave town, the gunman shoots, causing the car to crash. Johnny Boy is hit with a bullet in the neck. Charlie and Teresa are seriously injured. All three are still alive at fadeout.

Copyright (c) 1992, David Ehrenstein