Man Outside Cab
Jake la Motta es un joven boxeador que se entrena duramente, ayudado por su hermano Joey, para convertirse en el número uno de los pesos medios. Pronto consigue ver hecho realidad tan ansiado sueño, pero el triunfo y el éxito convierten su vida en una pesadilla. Por un lado, su matrimonio cada vez marcha peor debido a sus salidas nocturnas con otras mujeres; por otro, la mafia le presiona para que amañe combates. En poco tiempo gasta todo el capital del que dispone, para volver nuevamente a pasar todo tipo de penurias.
Self
Martin Scorsese, discusses the locations and personalities that inspired the film, in a promotional short for the film "Mean Streets."
Boy with Gun
JR (Harvey Keitel) es un joven italoamericano sin trabajo, a pesar de lo cual está satisfecho de la vida que lleva con sus compañeros en el barrio neoyorquino de la “Pequeña Italia”. Pero, cuando se enamora de una mujer con estudios (Zina Bethune), se verá obligado a replantearse la vida. (FILMAFFINITY)
Singer
Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through it he talks about how much of his success and happiness is due to the support of his "friend" Joe. Unfortunately the only one who blindly believes Joe is anything close to a friend is Murray, because it's obvious to everyone that Joe back-stabs him at every chance and is sleeping with his wife.
Singer
A writer named Algernon (but called Harry by his friends) buys a picture of a boat on a lake, and his obsession with it renders normal life impossible.
