Taxi Driver

Feb 9, 1976

1h 54m

★ 8.1

On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being somebody. He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.

Overview

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Italo/Judeo Productions

Bill/Phillips

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Travis Bickle

Robert De Niro

Iris

Jodie Foster

Betsy

Cybill Shepherd

Sport

Harvey Keitel

Wizard

Peter Boyle

Charles Palantine

Leonard Harris

Tom

Albert Brooks

Concession Girl

Diahnne Abbott

Angry Black Man

Frank Adu

Melio

Victor Argo

Policeman at Rally

Gino Ardito

Iris' Friend

Garth Avery

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