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Director:
Writers:
Betzi Manoogian (additional dialogue)
Martin Scorsese (writer)
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Release Date:
20 January 1978 (Finland) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Mean Streets was just around the corner.
Plot:
J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl... more | add synopsis
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Early Scorsese/Keitel Film Is A Great Indication of Things To Come! more (24 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Zina Bethune ... Girl

Harvey Keitel ... J.R.

Anne Collette ... Young girl in dream (as Ann Collette)
Lennard Kuras ... Joey
Michael Scala ... Sally Gaga

Harry Northup ... Harry
Tsuai Yu-Lan ... Girl in dream fantasy
Saskia Holleman ... Girl in dream fantasy
Bill Minkin ... Iggy at Party
Philip Carlson ... Boy in Copake (as Phil Carlson)
Wendy Russell ... Gaga's Girl
Robert Uricola ... Boy with Gun
Susan Wood ... Girl at Party
Marissa Mathes ... Girl at Party (as Marrisa Joffrey)
Catherine Scorsese ... Mother
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bring on the Dancing Girls (USA) (working title)
J.R. (USA) (reissue title)
Who's That Knocking at My Door (USA) (new title (longer version))
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Runtime:
90 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In order to get distribution for his film, Scorsese was told to add nude scenes so it could be promoted as a sexploitation film. So he shot the fantasy scene showing J.R. imagining encounters with prostitutes. more
Movie Connections:
References The Searchers (1956) more
Soundtrack:
El Watusi more

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Early Scorsese/Keitel Film Is A Great Indication of Things To Come!, 21 August 2004
Author: hokeybutt from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR? (3+ outta 5 stars)

Early feature film by the now-legendary Martin Scorsese... it sort of sprawls all over the place... melding all kinds of weird artsy gimmicks and camera styles... but the central relationship between Harvey Keitel and the pretty blonde girl he meets and falls in love with on the Staten Island Ferry (Zina Bethune) keeps the movie's momentum going, even when it veers off into interesting but sometimes pointless tangents. If you thought Quentin Tarantino invented the character of the movie geek who seeks to impress the woman of his dreams by rambling on with movie trivia... well, this movie will set you straight. You will also see hints of Scorsese's later masterpieces ("Mean Streets", "Goodfellas") in embryonic form. I hadn't seen this movie in years... but just saw the new DVD version and was amazed at how good it was.

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