---
title: 'Mean Streets (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Martin Scorsese'
released: '1973-10-14'
runtime_minutes: 112
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mean-streets-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070379/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mean Streets (1973)

1973 · R · 112 min · Drama, Romance, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Mean Streets is a 1973 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, from a screenplay co-written with Mardik Martin. It stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro, along with David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, and Cesare Danova. Scorsese's third feature film, it depicts a group of troubled young men in New York's Little Italy, and centers on many themes the director would later revisit, including the Mafia, Italian-American identity, urban life, and Catholic guilt.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Martin Scorsese](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-scorsese)
- **Screenplay:** [Martin Scorsese](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-scorsese), [Mardik Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mardik-martin)
- **Producer:** [Martin Scorsese](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-scorsese), [Jonathan Taplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-taplin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eric Clapton](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-clapton)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kent L. Wakeford](https://cinepixo.com/people/kent-l-wakeford)
- **Editor:** [Sidney Levin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-levin)

## Cast

- [Robert De Niro](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-de-niro)
- [David Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-carradine)
- [Harvey Keitel](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-keitel)
- [Martin Scorsese](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-scorsese)
- [Jean Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-bell)
- [Robert Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-carradine)
- [Victor Argo](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-argo)
- [Cesare Danova](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-danova)
- [George Memmoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-memmoli)
- [Richard Romanus](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-romanus)
- [Amy Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-robinson)
- [Harry Northup](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-northup)
- [David Proval](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-proval)
- [Lois Walden](https://cinepixo.com/people/lois-walden)
- [D'Mitch Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-mitch-davis)

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