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Directed by | Barry Shear |
Screenplay by | Luther Davis |
Story by | Barry Shear |
Based on | Across 110th 1970 novel by Wally Ferris |
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Production company | Film Guarantors |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $10 million[1] |
Across 110th Street is a 1972 American neo noir action thriller film directed by Barry Shear and starring Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa and Paul Benjamin. The film is set in Harlem, New York and takes its name from 110th Street, the traditional dividing line between Harlem and Central Park that functioned as an informal boundary of race and class in 1970s New York City.
Focusing on a heist, murder and a subsequent investigation, Across 110th Street takes inspiration from both the blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as the film noir genre. Across 110th Street is remembered in part for its soundtrack, which features a classic song of the same name by Bobby Womack.