Principal cast
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel and Peter Boyle
Film 47 of 498 on the Screen Path
Taxi Driver
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.
About the film
Taxi Driver at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1976 film at stop 47 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Michael Chapman (director of photography), Melvin Shapiro (editor), Tom Rolf (editor), Bernard Herrmann (original music composer) and Charles Rosen (art direction)
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Release
- 1976-02-09
- Runtime
- 114 minutes
- Genres
- Crime and Drama
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
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Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Robert De NiroCharacter: Travis Bickle
- Jodie FosterCharacter: Iris
- Cybill ShepherdCharacter: Betsy
- Harvey KeitelCharacter: Sport
- Peter BoyleCharacter: Wizard
- Leonard HarrisCharacter: Charles Palantine
- Albert BrooksCharacter: Tom
- Diahnne AbbottCharacter: Concession Girl
- Frank AduCharacter: Angry Black Man
- Victor ArgoCharacter: Melio
- Gino ArditoCharacter: Policeman at Rally
- Garth AveryCharacter: Iris' Friend
Full crew
Full crew
- Martin ScorseseCredits: Director
- Julia PhillipsCredits: Producer
- Michael ChapmanCredits: Director of Photography
- Bernard HerrmannCredits: Original Music Composer, Music Director, Thanks
- David Horton Sr.Credits: Sound Effects Editor
- James FritchCredits: Sound Effects Editor
- Tom RolfCredits: Editor
- Rick AlexanderCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Juliet TaylorCredits: Casting
- Herbert F. MulliganCredits: Set Decoration
- Ruth MorleyCredits: Costume Design
- Michael PhillipsCredits: Producer
- Sam GemetteCredits: Sound Effects Editor
- Melvin ShapiroCredits: Editor
- Gordon DavidsonCredits: Sound Effects Editor
- Charles RosenCredits: Art Direction
- Ralph S. SingletonCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Richard QuinlanCredits: Gaffer
- Roger PietschmannCredits: Sound Recordist
- Alec HirschfeldCredits: Assistant Camera
- Ed QuinnCredits: Grip
- Ron ZarillaCredits: Assistant Camera
- Vern PooreCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- William EustaceCredits: Second Assistant Director
- David NicholsCredits: Other
- Les LazarowitzCredits: Sound Mixer
- Robert RogowCredits: Boom Operator
- Mel ZelnikerCredits: ADR Recordist
- Paul KimatianCredits: Still Photographer
- Gary SpringerCredits: Production Assistant
- David DanielCredits: Stunts
- Dick SmithCredits: Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects
- Bill JohnsonCredits: Assistant Camera
- Robert WardCredits: Key Grip
- Tex RudloffCredits: Sound Supervisor
- Robert P. CohenCredits: Assistant Director Trainee
- Dan CoplanCredits: Security
- Jack HayesCredits: Conductor, Orchestrator, Thanks
- Emil RichardsCredits: Musician
- Peter GuberCredits: Executive In Charge Of Production
- Sandra WeintraubCredits: Creative Consultant
- Linda KopcykCredits: Thanks
- Amy Holden JonesCredits: Other
- Sylvia FayCredits: Extras Casting
- Noni RockCredits: Production Office Coordinator
- Sandy BrookeCredits: Assistant Camera
- Tom ScottCredits: Musician
- Eugene IemolaCredits: Production Assistant
- Richard GoodwinCredits: Thanks
- Charlie McCarthyCredits: Thanks
- Hank PhillippiCredits: Thanks
- Al CraineCredits: Wardrobe Supervisor
- Dave BlumeCredits: Music Director
- Keith AddisCredits: Producer's Assistant
- Uan RaseyCredits: Musician
- Pat DoddsCredits: Other
- Stephen FrankfurtCredits: Title Designer
- Harry J. UflandCredits: Other
- Chris SoldoCredits: Production Assistant
- Jerry OrangeCredits: Thanks
- Christopher PalmerCredits: Orchestrator
- Steve SchapiroCredits: Additional Photography
- Mona OrrCredits: Hairdresser
- Renate RuppCredits: Other
- Loretta CubberleyCredits: Thanks
- David GoodnoffCredits: Assistant Property Master
- William WardCredits: Best Boy Electric
- Howard NewmanCredits: Publicist
- Raymond HartwickCredits: Transportation Coordinator
- Irving BuchmanCredits: Makeup Artist
- Julia CameronCredits: Thanks
- Phillip M. GoldfarbCredits: Production Manager, Associate Producer
- Kay ChapinCredits: Script Supervisor
- Cosmo SoriceCredits: Scenic Artist
- Fred SchulerCredits: Camera Operator
- Tony ParmeleeCredits: Special Effects
- Peter R. ScoppaCredits: Assistant Director
- Marcia LucasCredits: Supervising Film Editor
- Carter StevensCredits: Additional Photography
- Kris KristoffersonCredits: Thanks
- George TrirogoffCredits: Assistant Editor
- Billy WeberCredits: Assistant Editor
- Josh WeinerCredits: Still Photographer
- Marion BillingsCredits: Publicist
- Dan PerriCredits: Title Designer
- Shinichi YamazakiCredits: Music Editor
- Leslie BloomCredits: Property Master
- Frank E. WarnerCredits: Supervising Sound Effects Editor
- Michael ZingaleCredits: Camera Operator
- Dan WallinCredits: Score Engineer
- Malcolm McNabCredits: Musician
- Connie FosterCredits: Stand In
- Paul SchraderCredits: Writer
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