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Across 110th Street

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

1972 · 1h 42m · R Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by Barry Shear

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Overview

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?

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81%
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Rotten

[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.

Variety Staff, Variety
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.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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.

Roger Greenspun, New York Times
Fresh

Extremely seedy and violent, this 1972 feature by Barry Shear and cinematographer Jack Priestley makes extraordinary use of Harlem locations.

Don Druker, Chicago Reader

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