Synopsis

Vietnam vet Travis Bickle is 26, a loner in the mean streets of New York City, slipping slowly into isolation and violent misanthropy.

In solving his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the low-lifes that hang out at night: "Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets."



His touching attempts to woo Betsy, a Senator's campaign worker, turn sour when he takes her to a porn movie on their first date.

He even fails in his attempt to persuade child prostitute Iris to desert her pimp and return to her parents and school.

Driven to the edge by powerlessness, he buys four handguns and sets out to assassinate the Senator, heading for the infamy of a `lone crazed gunman'  -- IMDb

Cast: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Diahnne Abbott, Martin Scorsese, Joe Spinell

Cannes (In Competition): Palme d'Or, Berlinale, Berlinale (Berlinale Special)