Who's That Knocking at My Door

Overview:

A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and decides to marry her. But then he learns that she was once raped.

Released: 1967-11-15

Duration: 01:30:00

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin

Writer: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Marissa Mathes, Harvey Keitel, Harry Northup, ...

Director: Martin Scorsese Mardik Martin

Writer: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Marissa Mathes Harvey Keitel Harry Northup Zina Bethune Anne Collette Lennard Kuras Michael Scala Bill Minkin Tsuai Yu-Lan Saskia Holleman Philip Carlson Wendy Russell Robert Uricola Susan Wood Catherine Scorsese Victor Magnotta Paul DeBonde

Genre: Drama Romance

Description

J.R. 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 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.[1]

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."[1] 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,[1] 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.