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 menâthree black gangsters and two Italian gangsters, as well as two patrol officersâin 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.
Question: How much was stolen from a Mafia-owned Harlem policy bank?, Answer: $300,000 Question: Where is the film set?, Answer: Harlem Question: How many men are William and Frank looking for?, Answer: three