Mean Streets (1973)
poster Mean Streets
IMDb Rating:
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7.4/10 (62.4K votes)

Country:United States, 112 minutes

Spoken languages:English, Italian

Genres:Crime, Drama

Director(s):Martin Scorsese

Number: 482

Storyline:
The future is set for Tony and Michael - owning a neighbour- hood bar and making deals in the mean streets of New York city's Little Italy. For Charlie, the future is less clearly defined. A small-time hood, he works for his uncle, making collections and reclaiming bad debts. He's probably too nice to succeed. In love with a woman his uncle disapproves of (because of her epilepsy) and a friend of her cousin, Johnny Boy, a near psychotic whose trouble-making threatens them all - he can't reconcile opposing values. A failed attempt to escape (to Brooklyn) moves them all a step closer to a bitter, almost preordained future.

Cast:
Robert De Niro (as Johnny Boy), Harvey Keitel (as Charlie), David Proval (as Tony), Richard Romanus (as Michael), Cesare Danova (as Giovanni)