Rakish grin, terrible hair

Film Details:

• Film Title: Mean Streets
• Film Year: 1973
• Character Name: Johnny Boy
• Cinematography: colorFilm
• Scorsese Cameo? true

Here is more information about the costume and how it informs the character:

• Clothing Articles: Leather jacket on top of a brown shirt with a circle zipper pull
• Hairstyle: Bowl haircut
• Props: Gun
• Costume Style: Casual Dress
• Facial Hair? false
• Bare Chested? false
• Tattoos? false
• Headwear? false

• IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070379/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
• Other Source: Opening Credits Featuring The Ronette's "Be My Baby" (via YouTube).

During the violent pool room brawl (often the only thing people remember about this movie- which is unfortunate, because people should remember the greatest use of The Ronnettes’s “Be My Baby” over the opening credits) our boy Bob wears a chocolate brown ribbed sweater with a circular zipper pull. I distinctly remember owning a similar garment as an 8-year-old (the proof is on the wall of my parent’s house, for those interested). My fondness for this sweater may stem from my own nostalgia, when I, too, paired flashy zippered earth-tone knitwear with a blunt bob. It was a simpler time.

Did you know? IMDb’s first five plot keywords for this film: “Italian American”, “Catholic Guilt”, “Money”, “Epilepsy”, “Bar”.

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