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

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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