Across 110th Street
7.6 /10 1 Votes
80% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Action, Crime, Drama Country United States | 7/10 IMDb Director Barry Shear Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 19, 1972 (1972-12-19) Writer Luther Davis (screenplay), Wally Ferris (novel) Cast Anthony Quinn (Capt. Mattelli), Yaphet Kotto (Lt. Pope), Anthony Franciosa (Nick D'Salvio), Antonio Fargas (Henry J. Jackson), Gloria Hendry (Laurelene), Burt Young (Lapides)Tagline If you steal $300,000 from the mob, It's not robbery. It's suicide. Similar Black Belt Jones, Black Caesar (film), Black Devil Doll From Hell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Across 110th Street is a 1972 American crime drama film starring Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, and Anthony Franciosa, and directed by Barry Shear. Commonly associated with the blaxploitation genre at the time, it has received considerable critical praise from writer Greil Marcus and others for surpassing the limitations of that genre.
Contents
- Across 110th street official trailer 1 paul benjamin movie 1972 hd
- Plot
- Production
- Release
- Soundtrack
- References
Plot
This film is set in Harlem, of which 110th Street is an informal boundary line. By-the-book African-American Lieutenant William Pope (Kotto) has to work with crude, racist but streetwise Italian-American Captain Frank Mattelli (Quinn) in the NYPD's 27th precinct. They are looking for three black men who slaughtered seven men—three black gangsters and two Italian gangsters, as well as two patrol officers—in the robbery of $300,000 from a Mafia-owned Harlem policy bank. Mafia lieutenant Nick D'Salvio (Franciosa) and his two henchmen are also after the hoods. In one of many violent scenes, D'Salvio finds getaway driver Henry J. Jackson (Antonio Fargas) and brutalizes him in a Harlem whorehouse.
Production
The movie was filmed on location in Harlem, New York. The film is also notable as being the first feature film to use a self-blimped camera (the Arriflex 35BL) for sync sound; the much-reduced size of the camera allowed the production to not only use more hand-held shots and smaller locations than normal, but also record usable sound at the same time - an endeavor not previously possible under those circumstances.
Release
The film earned an estimated $3.4 million in North American rentals in 1973.
Soundtrack
The critically praised title song, written by Bobby Womack and J. J. Johnson, was a No. 19 hit on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in 1973, and was later featured in Quentin Tarantino's 1997 blaxploitation homage Jackie Brown.
All songs were written and performed by Bobby Womack; the score was composed and conducted by J. J. Johnson.
- "Across 110th Street" (performed by Bobby Womack and Peace) (US #56, R&B #19)
- "Harlem Clavinette" (performed by J. J. Johnson and his Orchestra)
- "If You Don't Want My Love" (performed by Bobby Womack and Peace)
- "Hang On In There (instrumental)" (performed by J. J. Johnson and his Orchestra)
- "Quicksand" (performed by Bobby Womack and Peace)
- "Harlem Love Theme" (performed by J. J. Johnson and his Orchestra)
- "Across 110th Street (instrumental)" (performed by J. J. Johnson and his Orchestra)
- "Do It Right" (performed by Bobby Womack and Peace)
- "Hang On In There" (performed by Bobby Womack and Peace)
- "If You Don't Want My Love (instrumental)" (performed J. J. Johnson and his Orchestra)
- "Across 110th Street – Part II" (performed by Bobby Womack and Peace)
References
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