Kansas City Confidential: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef (1952 Movie)

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DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne. The film was marketed with the tagline "Exploding like a gun in your face!" and released in the United Kingdom as The Secret Four. Karlson and Payne teamed up a year later for 99 River Street, another noir, followed by a 1955 color film, Hell's Island. Four robbers hold up an armored truck, getting away with over a million dollars in cash. Joe Rolfe (John Payne), a down-on-his-luck flower delivery truck driver is accused of being involved and is roughly interrogated by local police. Released due to lack of evidence, Joe, following the clues to a Mexican resort, decides to look for the men who set him up both to clear his name and to exact revenge. What he doesn't know is that the heist involves a retired policeman who is also intent on revenge. The plot was inspiration for Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. Cast John Payne as Joe Rolfe/Peter Harris Coleen Gray as Helen Foster aka Punkin Preston Foster as Tim Foster Neville Brand as Boyd Kane Lee Van Cleef as Tony Romano Jack Elam as Pete Harris aka Johnson Dona Drake as Teresa Mario Siletti as Tomaso Howard Negley as Andrews Carleton Young as Martin Don Orlando as Diaz Ted Ryan as Morelli Jeff York as Captain McBride (uncredited) Kansas City Confidential was the only film made by Edward Small's short-lived Associated Players and Producers studio. Although the title would suggest that <b>...</b>

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