, 1h30 Directed byMartin Scorsese OriginUSA GenresDrama, Romance ThemesFilms about immigration, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction ActorsHarvey Keitel, Zina Bethune, Harry Northup, Anne Collette, Catherine Scorsese, Martin Scorsese Roles Girl Rating64% J.R. (Harvey Keitel) 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 (Zina Bethune) 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.