Mean Streets is a 1973 crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Scorsese and Mardik Martin. The film stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. It was released by Warner Bros. on October 2, 1973. De Niro won the National Society of Film Critics award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as John "Johnny Boy" Civello. In 1997, Mean Streets was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Charlie is a young Italian-American man who is trying to move up in the local... New York Mafia but is hampered by his feeling of responsibility towards his reckless friend, Johnny Boy , a small-time gambler who owes money to many loan sharks. Charlie works for his uncle, Giovanni , the local caporegime, mostly collecting debts. He is also having a hidden affair with Johnny Boy's cousin, Teresa , who has epilepsy and is ostracized because of her condition — especially by Charlie's uncle. Charlie is torn between his devout Catholicism and his Mafia ambitions.
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| Release date: | October 2, 1973 |
| Directed by: | Martin Scorsese |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 112 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jonathan T. Taplin |
| Editor: | Sidney Levin |
| Cinematography: | Kent L. Wakefield |
| Screenplay by: | Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin |
| Estimated budget: | $500,000 |