Who's That Knocking at My Door
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| Directed by | Martin Scorsese |
| Produced by | Joseph Weill Betzi Manoogian Haig Manoogian |
| Written by | Martin Scorsese |
| Starring |
Harvey Keitel Zina Bethune |
| Cinematography |
Michael Wadley Richard Coll |
| Edited by | Thelma Schoonmaker |
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Trimod Films
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| Distributed by | Joseph Brenner Associates |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75,000 USD (estimated) |
Who's That Knocking at My Door, originally titled I Call First, is a 1967 drama film, written and directed by Martin Scorsese, in his feature film directorial debut. and Harvey Keitel's debut as an actor. Exploring themes of Catholic guilt similar to those in his later film Mean Streets, the story follows Italian-American J.R. (Keitel) as he struggles to accept the secret hidden by his independent and free-spirited girlfriend (Zina Bethune).
This film was the winner of the 1968 Chicago Film Festival.
J.R. (Harvey Keitel) is a typical Catholic Italian-American young man on the streets of New York City. Even as an adult, he stays close to home with a core group of friends with whom he drinks and carouses around. He gets involved with a local girl (Zina Bethune) he meets on the Staten Island Ferry, and decides he wants to get married and settle down. As their relationship deepens, he declines her offer to have sex because he thinks she is a virgin and he wants to wait rather than "spoil" her.
One day, his girlfriend tells him that she was once raped by a former boyfriend. This crushes J.R., and he rejects her and attempts to return to his old life of drinking with his friends. However, after a particularly wild party with friends, he realizes he still loves her and returns to her apartment one early morning. He awkwardly tells her that he forgives her and says that he will "marry her anyway." Upon hearing this, the girl tells him marriage would never work if her past weighs on him so much. J.R. becomes enraged and calls her a whore, but quickly recants and says he is confused by the whole situation. She tells him to go home, and he returns to the Catholic church, but finds no solace.
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