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Who's That Knocking at My Door 15 rating

Martin Scorsese’s powerful and grittily authentic first feature, starring Harvey Keitel as a young New Yorker who falls in love with a free-spirited college graduate (Zeth Bithune).

Drama 1968 86 mins

Director: Martin Scorsese

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Overview

Martin Scorsese’s powerful drama shot in gritty black and white on the streets of the Italian-American communities he grew up in, stars Harvey Keitel as J.R., a young Italian New Yorker who falls in love with an independent and free-spirited college graduate (Zeth Bithune). However he finds his values shaken when she reveals secrets about her past.

Hailed by Roger Ebert on its original release as ‘a great moment in American movies’, Martin Scorsese’s debut feature film, introduces many of the themes and techniques that he would later revisit in his classics Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas.

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