Across 110th Street

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Across 110th Street

R

1972

1h 42m

Crime

Drama

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After a robbery in Harlem turns into a scene of mass murder, promising young black police officer William Pope (Yaphet Kotto) is assigned to the case, along with surly, prejudiced Italian-American cop Frank Mattelli (Anthony Quinn). The pair clashes during their tense investigation as they try to track down the three suspects and apprehend them. Also searching for the fugitives is ruthless mobster Nick D'Salvio (Tony Franciosa), who will stop at nothing to retrieve the stolen money.

Variety Staff

Variety

03/26/2009

[Across 110th Street] is well-made, realistic in presentation and effect with uniformly good portrayals from actors, but depressingly lacking in a sympathetic focal point for audiences to grasp.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

02/09/2006

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.

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Roger Greenspun

New York Times

05/09/2005

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.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 27

3/4

Fast-moving and frequently suspenseful.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

01/22/2025

Across 110th Street is defined by gripping, sweaty Dutch-angle close-ups and a keen sense that every character in the movie has someone else’s boots on their neck.

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Dave Giannini

InSession Film

02/27/2024

Across 110th Street is almost devoid of positivity and aspirations of hope. It will not make you feel good about policing, race, relationships, or upward mobility. But it is an important representation of a segment of experience...

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Sean G.

@Filthymick77 Oct 28

Too much overacting

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Will G

@Wgoodeve 06/10/2025

A good noir movie. It took place in New York City. There were detectives and criminals. There were some neat action scenes. There are mobsters and stolen money. The ending was sad.

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Darrell S

@RT37459315 03/28/2025

Violent, and very strong racial language. Anthony Quinn couldn't save this one.

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Alain E

@AlainE 01/30/2025

I tried to watch this as I am a big Quinn fan, but the exaggerated acting and situations exceeded my tolerance for BS. If you want to see Anthony Quinn punching half of Manhattan, this is the movie for you. And let’s not forget the “brothers” with their hats and capes.

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jwcdood

@jwcdood 12/07/2023

Although it has excellent critic and audience reviews, ACROSS 110TH STREET is a really good story, but it's an extremely dated (and virtually junk yard, day old beer stinking) production. It's 51 years old with a lost and wandering style of direction and editing from the same period. I rate it as 3 stars (max!) since the story is good, but practically everything else about it comes across as very cheap, shoddy and sloppy, third rate pretense.

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Billy L

@RT72202244 03/14/2023

Amazing! Having lived in NYC as a boy This film portrays what the streets where like in 1972...no hipster's or Starbucks then.

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Synopsis

After a robbery in Harlem turns into a scene of mass murder, promising young black police officer William Pope (Yaphet Kotto) is assigned to the case, along with surly, prejudiced Italian-American cop Frank Mattelli (Anthony Quinn). The pair clashes during their tense investigation as they try to track down the three suspects and apprehend them. Also searching for the fugitives is ruthless mobster Nick D'Salvio (Tony Franciosa), who will stop at nothing to retrieve the stolen money.

Director: Barry Shear
Producer: Fouad Said, Ralph Serpe
Screenwriter: Luther Davis, Wally Ferris
Distributor: United Artists, Key Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: Film Guarantors
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 19, 1972, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: Mono