Across 110th Street (1972)
- Directed by
- Barry Shear
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, blaxploitation film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 138 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of small-time criminals rob a Mafia-controlled numbers bank in Harlem. The robbery sets off a deadly conflict between a racist Italian gangster and a principled black police detective.
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What happens
Across 110th Street is a 1972 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Barry Shear and starring Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa and Paul Benjamin. Adapted from the novel Across 110th by Wally Ferris, the film is set in Harlem, New York and takes its name from 110th Street, the traditional dividing line between Harlem and Central Park that functioned as an informal boundary of race and class in 1970s New York City. The film received negative critical reviews upon release for its violent content and perceived unoriginality, though modern critical and academic assessment of the film has been more positive. The film was the first to use an Arriflex 35BL camera, which enabled the extensive on-location shooting desired by Shear. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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