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Kansas City Confidential

  • 1952
  • Approved
  • 1h 39min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
7.3/10
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Coleen Gray and John Payne in Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Conspiracy ThrillerFilm NoirHeistCrimeDramaThriller

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  • Dirección
    • Phil Karlson
  • Guionistas
    • George Bruce
    • Harry Essex
    • Harold Greene
  • Elenco
    • John Payne
    • Coleen Gray
    • Preston Foster
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    7.3/10
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    • Dirección
      • Phil Karlson
    • Guionistas
      • George Bruce
      • Harry Essex
      • Harold Greene
    • Elenco
      • John Payne
      • Coleen Gray
      • Preston Foster
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    John Payne
    John Payne
    • Joe Rolfe
    Coleen Gray
    Coleen Gray
    • Helen Foster
    Preston Foster
    Preston Foster
    • Tim Foster
    Neville Brand
    Neville Brand
    • Boyd Kane
    Lee Van Cleef
    Lee Van Cleef
    • Tony Romano
    Jack Elam
    Jack Elam
    • Pete Harris
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    Edward Coch
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      • Phil Karlson
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      • George Bruce
      • Harry Essex
      • Harold Greene
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    dougdoepke

    Nicotine Meets Noir

    What a burst of casting inspiration-- three premier baddies, Elam, Brand, and Van Cleef all together in the same film, menacing the heck out of a vengeful John Payne. Elam should have gotten extra pay since everybody and his brother knocks the skinny wild-eyed guy around. Actually, for awhile I thought the movie was one long cigarette commercial or at least a chain-smokers' revival meeting. Speaking of casting, Preston Foster really delivers in a sly role that runs the gamut from tough-talking mastermind to nice-guy fisherman, all in convincing fashion.

    "Kansas City" is, I believe, the first and clearly the best of a number of "Confidential" films made during the mid-fifties. For example, note the unusually brutal cop interrogation of fall-guy Payne. Keep in mind, this was during a Cold War time when the TV mega-hit "Dragnet" was professionalizing law enforcement's image nation-wide. Here, however, we get quite a different picture that certainly goes beyond the norm of the day. In fact, director Karlson, like noir filmmaker Anthony Mann, built a reputation for emphasizing the raw nature of thuggish violence, at least as much as the censors would allow. And this is certainly one of the more graphically brutal films of the era.

    All in all, it's a fine imaginative script, with a number of unconventional surprises. The robbery is cleverly plotted along with the get-away. I like the way the screenplay parcels out needed information instead of laying it all out at the beginning. That way, viewer interest is kept up since a new wrinkle might pop up at any moment. Even pretty girl Colleen Gray's part is nicely woven in at the end, after I thought she was just a romantic interest. I guess Dona Drake's role was a touch of local color or a favor to somebody since she adds nothing to the plot, but apparently her Mexican girl does sell more than just souvenirs.

    There are echoes from this movie in such later caper films as The Killing, Plunder Road, and Mark Steven's underrated Timetable. Some might consider this a noir film since Payne is trapped by unseen forces through no fault of his own. Nonetheless, other traditional noir elements are noticeably absent, such as the angular shadows of expressionist lighting and the lack of a customary spider woman. But it doesn't really matter how the movie's categorized because it remains something of a sleeper with a number of genuine surprises.
    GManfred

    Enjoyable little-known Noir

    Good job turned in by all concerned. Solid acting jobs help put this film over, which contains several neat plot turns. There are also a few plot contrivances and remarkable coincidences which have to be overcome, but it's easy in this case since the rest of the picture works so well - just go with it, or 'key flow', as they say in football.

    John Payne and Preston Foster turn in first-rate jobs despite the drop in class to a "B", and Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam are in top form as 'bad guys'.Colleen Gray is lovely but adds 20 minutes to the proceedings as the love interest - and the picture really didn't need a love interest or 20 extra minutes. Overall, a very good effort well worth seeing.
    8planktonrules

    Exceptional Noir--a must-see for fans of the genre

    This is an exceptional Film Noir movie that almost merits a score of 9--it's THAT good. Like good Noir, it features some of the ugliest and scariest actors and I applaud the producers for finding such a motley group! Jack Elam, Lee Van Cleef and Neville Brand are definitely the ugliest and toughest looking heavies of the age and here they all work together on a heist. The movie also stars John Payne and Preston Foster. While these two guys weren't as hideous as the other three, they were both well past their handsome prime--hence they were great Noir characters! In addition, the film is bloody and violent--definite pluses for Noir. While this may sound like Noir films are super-violent, they were compared to the average picture of the day but pale in comparison to more recent films. I like them because they are so gritty and realistic in their blunt portrayal of crime. In this case, watching John Payne slap the snot out of Van Cleef is an amazing scene. As for the plot, it's amazingly complex and interesting. So good, in fact, that I don't want to talk about the heist--lest if ruin the suspense. Suffice to say, it's well worth seeing with great writing, acting and all the elements you are looking for in Noir. A must-see for lovers of the genre.
    8annabates

    great noir visuals

    Film noir at its best. All of the positive comments by other reviewers are accurate regarding the acting, directing and appropriately flawed "noir tale" script. John Payne is a textbook noir guy -- just out of prison, tormented, misunderstood and kicked around by the cops (who do not come out smelling good in this story) and a terrible trio of criminals. Add to that extraordinary film noir visual effects. This is exemplary film noir. The framed-in, claustrophobic scenes actually made me short of breath. The scene on the boat at the end is classic, and probably the prototype for subsequent scenes in other movies and TV shows. It reminded me of the Sopranos episode where Tony & Co. killed Big Pussy. The robbers in their creepy masks were so interesting to study that I watched that part several times. It reminded me of Kabuki theater. A real box of candy for noir connoisseurs. I recommend it highly.
    7blanche-2

    A neat B noir

    John Payne stars in "Kansas City Confidential," a 1952 noir also starring Preston Foster, Colleen Gray, Jack Elam, Neville Brand and Lee Van Cleef. Payne is Joe Rolfe, a WW II vet who delivers flowers for a living. He finds himself accused of a spectacular robbery of $1.2 million because the thieves used a truck like his as their escape vehicle. With the help of a buddy, he finds out that a criminal has split town suddenly for Mexico, and he goes there to locate the man and hopefully clear his own name. What he doesn't realize is that there were four thieves, and all of them wore masks to shield their identities from one another. When the man he's tracking is killed, Joe assumes his identity and goes to the place where the other thieves are supposed to await further instructions from their boss.

    Phil Karlson directed this good noir, which has an excellent cast that includes a favorite actress of mine, the lovely Coleen Gray as an ex-cop's daughter. She shows up at the locale to surprise her dad (Preston Foster), who is actually the mastermind of the heist.

    Like any actor who worked for 20th Century Fox, John Payne had to be versatile, and he was. Here he plays a rough-around-the-edges war hero who has to survive among thieves by being tougher than they are. The the man known as "The Singing Tyrone Power" at Fox pulls it off. A handsome leading man, here Payne steps into John Garfield territory with ease. Elam, van Cleef and Brand are as mean and low-down as you can get, and the film gets quite violent at times.

    The print I saw was very grainy; this wasn't a studio B movie but one made on the cheap, though the film was distributed by UA. However, it stands up very well next to other noirs of that era.

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    • Trivia
      John Payne broke some of Jack Elam's ribs in a fight scene.
    • Errores
      When approaching the bank for the heist, a mountain is clearly seen in the background. Kansas City is in the plains and has no mountains.
    • Citas

      Scott Andrews: [Speaking about Rolfe] ... left school to enlist with the engineers. Pretty good soldier too! Bronze Star, Purple Heart!

      Joe Rolfe: Try and buy a cup of coffee with them!

    • Créditos curiosos
      Opening credits prologue: "In the police annals of Kansas City are written lurid chapters concerning the exploits of criminals apprehended and brought to punishment."

      "But it is the purpose of this picture to expose the amazing operations of a man who conceived and executed a 'perfect crime,' the true solution of which is NOT entered in ANY case history, and could well be entitled 'Kansas City Confidential.'"
    • Conexiones
      Edited into Tep No & KT Tunstall: Heartbeat Bangs (2021)
    • Bandas sonoras
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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 11 de noviembre de 1952 (Estados Unidos)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Idiomas
      • Inglés
      • Español
    • También se conoce como
      • Kansas City 117
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Two Harbors, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, Estados Unidos(scenes in "Borados")
    • Productoras
      • Associated Players & Producers
      • Edward Small Productions
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      1 hora 39 minutos
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.37 : 1

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