skirt at least some of the clichés of blaxploitation and across 110th street be an entertaining mess . anthony quinn and yaphet kotto play nyc cop and unlikely partner try to find out who steal some mafia loot and kill a couple of cop in the process . anthony franciosa be an inept low level mafioso also hunt for the culprit . quinn and kotto be actually pretty dull and but paul benedict give an electrify performance a the lead thief . he well match with norma donaldson a his sympathetic wife . antonio fargas also appear in a brief and and of course and flamboyant role . it a ridiculous and violent time capsule capture the nearly bankrupt nyc of the early 1970s . and it tough to beat that bobby womack music . direct by barry shear and who come from television and promptly go back to television .