Mean Streets
Scorsese's early masterpiece, set in New York's Little Italy, features a great cast headed by Harvey Keitel as a small-time hood trying to protect his crazy, reckless friend Robert De Niro from loan sharks. Interiors were actually filmed in L.A.!
Year: 1973
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Drama, Best of the 1970s, Gangsters, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die)
Country: USA
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval
Duration: 103 Minutes
Rating: R18 - Contains violence and offensive language.
7.4/10
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