Across 110th Street (1972)

Director:

Barry Shear

Writers:

Wally Ferris (novel)
Luther Davis (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 March 1973 (Finland)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

If you steal $300,000 from the mob, it's not robbery. It's suicide.

Plot:

Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.

Plot Keywords:

Mafia | Police | New York City | Black Cop | Robbery

Cast

Frank Adu	...	Black Assistant
Frank Arno	...	Detective Rizzo
Joseph Attles	...	Mr. Jessup (as Joe Attles)
Paul Benjamin	...	Jim Harris
Ed Bernard	...	Joe Logart
Tina Beyer	...	Black Whore
Gerry Black	...	Patrolman
Samuel Blue Jr.	...	Dr. Christmas
Norman Bush	...	Bartender
Anthony C. Cannon	...	Sal (as Anthony Cannon)
Maria Carey	...	Maria
Anthony Charnota	...	Frank
Dick Crockett	...	Patrolman
Keith Davis	...	Cab Driver
George DiCenzo	...	Patrolman (as George Di Cenzo)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (1973) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (2005) (uncut) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R | Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16 (re-rating) | Norway:15 (DVD rating) (2005) | Norway:(Banned) (1973-2003) (cinema release) | Norway:16 (video) (1983)

Filming Locations:

110th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Film Guarantors

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: About 18 minutes into the movie, a cameraman can clearly be seen in the mirror.

Quotes:

Lt. Pope: What else brings whites to Harlem but business?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in So Wrong They're Right (1995)

Soundtrack:

Harlem Love Theme

A still undiscovered classic

This movie sweats. Early on in the mostly pandering "blacksplotation" film cycle of the seventies, came this incredibly violent, hate filled drama of three small time crooks who stumble on a big score and their hopeless attempt to survive it. The film is utterly dark and features nary a cheap shot or moment of easy cynicism.

In one scene Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto go to the apartment of one of the crooks lovers, already slain, to look for information and break the news. This is one of the most heartbreaking scenes ever put on film, a model of restraint and economy in a film that is busting at the seams. Actors who were probably barely in another movie give magnificent performances. The neglected Kotto was never better.

A very disturbing film that demands to be seen; art.