Across 110th Street
Closed CaptioningBarry Shear
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Plot Summary
Across 110th Street is a violent urban thriller about a corrupt, older white cop (Anthony Quinn) and an honest, young African-American cop (Yaphet Kotto) chasing three robbers-cum-murderers who ran away with $300,000 that belonged to the Italian mob. The police must find them before the sadistic Mafia henchman Nick D'Salvio (Anthony Franciosa) reaches them first. The film has reached a cult status; the title song, performed by Bobby Womack, was later used in Jackie Brown, Quentin Tarantino's extended homage to the crime flicks of the 1970s.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
80%- Reviews Counted: 15
- Fresh: 12
- Rotten: 3
- Average Rating: 6.9/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: It manages at once to be unfair to blacks, vicious towards whites and insulting to anyone who feels that race relations might consist of something better than improvised genocide.
Fresh: Extremely seedy and violent, this 1972 feature by Barry Shear and cinematographer Jack Priestley makes extraordinary use of Harlem locations.
Fresh: It's a gutsy affair, given a distinct lift by the Harlem locations; and between the bouts of physical aggression, there are occasional moments of insight into the fraught relationship between Quinn and Kotto.
Fresh: Before studios insisted on an injection of sugary sentiment, this what what a New York cop thriller looked like.
Customer Reviews
One of the Greats
This was one of Elvis Presley's favorite films, according to the legend. He could apparently quote the entire film from start to finish. Anthony Franciosa (R.I.P.) is especially good as the mob's errand boy.
Nice
My first entree to blaxploitation, and I was pleasantly surprised with the unpredictable story line and great ending.
Good
One of the best blacxplotation of our time
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- $9.99
- Genre: Thriller
- Released: 1972
- © 1972 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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