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Across 110th Street

United States

1972

102 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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PROD Anthony Quinn, Fouad Said, Barry Shear

SCR Wally Ferris, Luther Davis

CAST Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Antonio Fargas, Gloria Hendry, Burt Young, Paul Benjamin, Ed Bernard, Richard Ward, Gilbert Lewis, Samuel Blue Jr.

ED Byron 'Buzz' Brandt, Carl Pingitore

MUSIC Bobby Womack, J. J. Johnson

By-the-book black police Lieutenant Pope (Kotto) has to work with crude, racist and streetwise Italian-American Captain Mattelli (Quinn). They are looking for three blacks who slaughtered five men—three blacks and two Italians—in the robbery of $300,000 from a Mafia-owned Harlem policy bank. Mafia lieutenant Nick D’Salvio (Franciosa) and his henchmen are also after the hoods. —Wikipedia

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JustinCapeTown

25Mar13

Excellent portrayal of race relations within a 70's era NY city. Love the grime and crime with the city as a major character. Much more than a blaxploitation film but in the top 3 of blaxploitation soundtracks.

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Baby Rocco

25Mar13

I seen this one and I totally agree with your assessment. Anthony Quinn is exceptional as always. And, Yaphet Kotto is totally endearing as the college educated good cop.

Max Slobodin

20Oct12

Crime picture that wholly embraces the dirt and the soot, 1970s grime in its prime. It cannot be overstated how New York City in this decade provided possibly the most sensual arena of impressionistic cinema. Rich, textured characters straight out of pulp archetypes, a score so slick you can shine your shoes on it. The vices and prejudices surrounding these dens of iniquity loom large over the grid, across 110th....

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Dave

14Aug12

A gritty, street-level flick that just screams 1970s - and I mean that as a compliment. I see it labeled as "one of the best blaxploitation" flicks, but it deserves better praise than that. This is just an outstanding crime drama and will now have a place well within my Top 100 for the decade.

Konrad Szlendak

20May12

Great gritty, in-your-face gangster cinema classic from Bary Shear ("Wild In The Streets"). Tougher version of "Mean Streets" veering towards blacksploitation, but with smart social commentary. Awesome shit!

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