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Robert De Niro gives a tour-de-force performance as Travis Bickle, an alienated, uncommunicative Vietnam vet who works nights as a taxi driver in Manhattan. His attempts to date the beautiful Betsy fail when he unwittingly drives her away. An increasingly frustrated Travis then meets Iris, a 12-year-old runaway turned prostitute whose pimp is the longhaired Sport. As Travis becomes obsessed with 'rescuing' Iris from her situation, he turns himself into a one-man killing machine and prepares for a bloody crusade he believes will put the world right.

Keywords:

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Actor Nominee

Additional Information:

(1976) (4 Star)

Cast:

Robert De Niro	.... Travis Bickle
Cybill Shepherd	.... Betsy
Peter Boyle	.... Wizard
Jodie Foster	.... Iris Steensma
Harvey Keitel	.... 'Sport' Matthew
Leonard Harris	.... Sen. Charles Palantine

Supporting Cast:

Albert Brooks	.... Tom
Diahnne Abbott	.... Concession girl
Frank Adu	.... Angry black man
Gino Ardito	.... Policeman at rally
Victor Argo	.... Melio
Garth Avery	.... Iris' friend
Harry Cohn	.... Cabbie in Bellmore
Copper Cunningham	.... Hooker in cab
Brenda Dickson-Weinberg	.... Soap opera woman
Harry Fischler	.... Dispatcher
Nat Grant	.... Stickup man
Richard Higgs	.... Tall Secret Service man
Beau Kayser	.... Soap opera man
Victor Magnotta	.... Secret Service photographer

Directors:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

Paul Schrader

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