| “ | Some of these guns are like toys. That .38, you go out and hammer nails with it all day, come back, it'll cut dead center on target every time.
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| ― Easy Andy describing the .38 Snubnose to Travis Bickle. |
"Easy Andy" is a minor character in Martin Scorsese's 1976 psychological crime thriller, Taxi Driver. He is a travelling black market gun salesman, as well as a drug dealer who gave wannabe vigilante, Travis Bickle various guns.
He was portrayed by Steven Prince, who also played a Record Producer in New York, New York.
Biography[]
Pre-1976[]
Some time before 1976, Easy Andy became a black market gun salesman throughout the United States. It is unknown when he became associates or, at least, friends with an unnamed taxicab driver, but they do have connections to each other.
1976[]
In 1976, the unnamed taxi driver gave fellow taxicab driver, Travis Bickle, Andy's number in order for Travis to order guns. When they enter the apartment, Andy tells Travis about the abilities of the guns and also the prices. During the scene, Travis buys a .44 Magnum pistol, based on his interaction with an unnamed man, who talked about killing his wife with a .44 Magnum.
Unknown to Andy, Travis' purchases of the guns would lead to his rampage, where he murdered Charles "Sport" Rain, Anthony Sciloso and an unnamed man in order to save child prostitute, Iris Steensma. It is unknown if Andy ever heard of the rampage, due to his travelling.