Who's That Knocking at My Door
(1967)
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Who's That Knocking at My Door
(1967)
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| Zina Bethune | ... |
Girl
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| Harvey Keitel | ... |
J.R.
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| Anne Collette | ... |
Girl in Dream
(as Ann Collette)
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Lennard Kuras | ... |
Joey
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Michael Scala | ... |
Sally Gaga
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| Harry Northup | ... |
Harry
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Tsuai Yu-Lan | ... |
Girl in Dream
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Saskia Holleman | ... |
Girl in Dream
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Bill Minkin | ... |
Iggy at Party
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Philip Carlson | ... |
Boy in Copake
(as Phil Carlson)
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Wendy Russell | ... |
Gaga's Girl
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Robert Uricola | ... |
Boy with Gun
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Susan Wood | ... |
Girl at Party
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Marissa Mathes | ... |
Girl at Party
(as Marrisa Joffrey)
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| Catherine Scorsese | ... |
Mother
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J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl, he decides to get married and settle down, but when he learns that she was once raped, he cannot handle it. More explicitly linked with Catholic guilt than Scorsese's later work, we see what happens to J.R. when his religious guilt catches up with him. Written by David Gibson <djg@ukc.ac.uk>
"Who's that knocking at my door" is along with "Boxcar Bertha" the most unknown picture of the Italian-American genius Scorsese. Make no mistakes: it's nothing like a masterpiece and it's no surprise that almost no one know about this movie, but here we got some of the constants in Marty's cinema: the street talking, the violence, the outsiders... Those things that "mean streets" dealt about... This was Martin Scorsese's debut and so it was for his friend Harvey Keytel who plays a chauvinist-bad tempered young man.
So, this is a movie that I recommend to those who really love Scorsese's work and wanna know about his origins.
*My rate: 6/10