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Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Lee Van Cleef Tony Romano
Jack Elam Pete Harris aka Johnson
Neville Brand Boyd Kane
John Payne Joe Rolfe/Peter Harris
Preston Foster Tim Foster
Coleen Gray Helen Foster aka Punkin
Dona Drake Teresa
Mario Siletti Tomaso
Howard Negley Scott Andrews
Carleton Young Asst. Dist. Atty. Martin
Movie Details
Genre Crime; Drama; Film-Noir; Mystery
Director Phil Karlson
Producer Edward Small
Writer Rowland Brown; George Bruce
Studio Image Ent.
Language English
Audience Rating NR
Running Time 1 hr 39 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 7.5
Plot
Welcome to a twisted world of crime and corruption, alienation and loneliness, fatalism and obsession, brutality and murder, lust and sexual-perversity.

Welcome to the shadowy nightmare universe of FILM NOIR.

An embittered ex-cop (Preston Foster) masterminds the perfect bank robbery; one in which none of the members of the masked gang ever see each other's faces. But the plan runs into serious trouble when the innocent man implicated in the heist (John Payne) turns out to be a tough-as-bullets WWII veteran who's already experienced the inside of a jail cell and is determined not to go back.

Payne tracks down the gang, which includes hard-case legends Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, and Neville Brand, to extract his own harsh brand of justice. Along the way he finds romance, double-crosses, punches to the face, and bullets to the body in this explosive action-drama with a plot full of twists and turns.

Phil Karson, considered by many to be the top crime-film director of the '50s, created this taut noir-thriller that comes right at you like a .45 caliber slug.

Confidentially, this one's a winner!
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 1431
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Date 1/25/2007
Condition New
Store Rite Aid
Links DVD Empire
IMDB
Amazon US
Product Details
Edition Spec
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 014381145021
Release Date 6/4/2002
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Still & Lobby Card Gallery
Cast & Crew Bios and Noir Filmographies
Exclusive Interview with Star Coleen Gray
Rare Trailer to Director Phil Karlson's 5 Against the House