WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Catholic guilt. Small-time hood in 'Little Italy' struggles with an immoral lifestyle, while trying to shepherd his nutter mate from debt collectors.

ANY GOOD? Rawer than a leg of lamb in your local Tesco, this is youthful and stylish filmmaking from a young Scorsese.

BEST BITS? The religiously symbolic ending, the pool room punch-up, Harvey Keitel pissed on the floor in a bar...take yer pick.

FINAL WORD: A cult favourite from the early '70s.