Kansas City Confidential (1952) / Z-View
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Director: Phil Karlson
Screenplay: George Bruce and Harry Essex from a story by Harold R. Greene and Rowland Brown
Stars: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam and Donna Drake.
The Pitch: “Let’s make a crime movie with an ex-con trying to go straight framed for a heist by crooks and crooked cops!”
Tagline: Exploding! Like a gun in your face!
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Joe Rolfe (Payne) is an ex-con trying to go straight who finds himself set-up to take the fall of a million dollar heist. When the cops can’t beat a confession out of Rolfe, they release him. This allows Rolfe to begin a real investigation. The trail takes him to Mexico where he finds himself up against the crooks and a crooked cop.
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