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Os Quatro Desconhecidos

Título original: Kansas City Confidential
  • 1952
  • Approved
  • 1 h 39 min
AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
7,3/10
8,7 mil
SUA AVALIAÇÃO
Coleen Gray and John Payne in Os Quatro Desconhecidos (1952)
Conspiracy ThrillerFilm NoirHeistCrimeDramaThriller

Um ex-presidiário que tenta fazer o certo é incriminado por um roubo de carro blindado de um milhão de dólares e deve ir ao México para desmascarar os verdadeiros culpados.Um ex-presidiário que tenta fazer o certo é incriminado por um roubo de carro blindado de um milhão de dólares e deve ir ao México para desmascarar os verdadeiros culpados.Um ex-presidiário que tenta fazer o certo é incriminado por um roubo de carro blindado de um milhão de dólares e deve ir ao México para desmascarar os verdadeiros culpados.

  • Direção
    • Phil Karlson
  • Roteiristas
    • George Bruce
    • Harry Essex
    • Harold Greene
  • Artistas
    • John Payne
    • Coleen Gray
    • Preston Foster
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
  • AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
    7,3/10
    8,7 mil
    SUA AVALIAÇÃO
    • Direção
      • Phil Karlson
    • Roteiristas
      • George Bruce
      • Harry Essex
      • Harold Greene
    • Artistas
      • John Payne
      • Coleen Gray
      • Preston Foster
    • 123Avaliações de usuários
    • 67Avaliações da crítica
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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
    Dona Drake
    Dona Drake
    • Teresa
    Mario Siletti
    Mario Siletti
    • Tomaso
    Howard Negley
    Howard Negley
    • Andrews
    Carleton Young
    Carleton Young
    • Martin
    Don Orlando
    • Diaz
    Ted Ryan
    • Morelli
    Orlando Beltran
    • Porter
    • (não creditado)
    Ray Bennett
    Ray Bennett
    • Prisoner
    • (não creditado)
    Chet Brandenburg
    Chet Brandenburg
    • Robbery Spectator
    • (não creditado)
    Barry Brooks
    • Player
    • (não creditado)
    Charles Cane
    Charles Cane
    • Detective Barney
    • (não creditado)
    Edward Coch
    • Airline Clerk
    • (não creditado)
    • Direção
      • Phil Karlson
    • Roteiristas
      • George Bruce
      • Harry Essex
      • Harold Greene
    • Elenco e equipe completos
    • Produção, bilheteria e muito mais no IMDbPro

    Avaliações de usuários123

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    8hitchcockthelegend

    Unlucky Joe And The Torn In Half Kings.

    Kansas City Confidential (AKA: The Secret Four) is directed by Phil Karlson and written by George Bruce and Harry Essex. It stars John Payne, Preston Foster, Coleen Gray, Neville Brand, Jack Elam and Lee Van Cleef. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by George E. Diskant. Plot sees four robbers hold up an armoured truck and get away with over a million dollars. Sadly for everyday and ordinary Joe Rolfe (Payne), he's set up and accused of being involved in the robbery. But he wont go down without a fight, and promptly calls upon his dark half to seek out the actual culprits himself.

    "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".

    Produced by Edward Small, Kansas City Confidential is believed to be the only film released out of Small's own Associated Players and Producers studio. Still, if you are going to only have one film on your studio résumé, you have to be thankful that it's a little cracker. More "B" movie grit than film noir flecked nastiness, Karlson's movie is lean, mean and structured with knowing skill by the director. From the tremendous tension fuelled opening of the heist planning and execution, through to the deadly payoff at the finale, film is awash with knuckle slappings, shifting identities and the turning of the protagonist's psychological make up. Were it not for one of "those" endings, and the telegraphing of optimism slightly shunting the pessimistic atmosphere out of the headlights, this would undoubtedly be far more revered and better known in film noir/crime movie circles.

    First thing to note of worth is the cast assembled for the picture. Payne was already leaving behind his formative acting years in family fare like Miracle On 34th Street and Footlight Serenade, reinventing himself as a dramatic actor in films such as The Crooked Way. He's a perfect fit for Joe Rolfe, an ex-con war veteran down on his luck, he has his every man qualities pummelled out of him by the police, so much so he has to turn bad to prove that he's good. The change is believable in Payne's hands, his face that of normality in the beginning, but latterly icy cold and untrustworthy. A trio of "B" movie stalwarts make up the thugs gallery, Jack Elam is sweaty and worm like, Lee Van Cleef is snake faced and pulsing bad attitude, while Neville Brand exudes borderline psychotic menace. Unfortunately Preston Foster as the "boss" man is not altogether convincing, but in a film where characters are not always what they seem, this doesn't hurt the film.

    Coleen Gray shows a nice pair of legs for the boys, but with Karlson not bothered about fleshing out the romantic and flirting aspects of her relationship with Payne, she exists only as a secondary cog between Payne and Foster's characters. This is no femme fatale character, sadly, no sir. Music is standard fare and Diskant's photography only fleetingly shows some noir flourishes. However, with two fists full of grit from which to punch, and some boldness in the narrative involving police brutality, Kansas City Confidential comes out as one of the better "B" ranked crime movies of the 50's. 8/10
    madsagittarian

    I'm surprised someone in the French New Wave didn't remake it.

    This is a nifty film noir that is a must for fans of the genre. It isn't as well known as other films by Phil Karlson, such as THE PHENIX CITY STORY or WALKING TALL, but for my money it's better than either of them. It predates PHENIX with that film's expose look, as KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL's climax is shot in a gritty, docudrama style. Only the sappy resolution in the conclusion disappoints (which was likely studio-imposed, just to temper the hard-edge of the film; see also FOLLOW ME QUIETLY). Nonetheless, it is a tightly-written noir with great mood and atmosphere. Another plus is the generous showcases given to classic bad guys Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand and Jack Elam, all so early in their careers.
    Snow Leopard

    Absorbing & Well-Crafted Crime Drama

    This absorbing crime drama is also one of the most well-crafted movies of its genre. It tells its story with few frills, but with plenty of interesting details and a well-timed pace. John Payne gets one of his best roles, with a very good supporting cast. A strong sense of danger and uncertainty is built up early, and is effectively carried through the whole movie, right up to the end.

    Payne is well-cast as an ex-convict who gets framed by a very clever criminal mastermind, and who then determines to seek out the truth. In itself, the setup is a familiar one, but "Kansas City Confidential" gets quite a lot out of it, and it is hardly predictable. The story moves from one hazardous situation to the next, with very little pause for relief, maintaining the tension constantly. Preston Foster is also very well-suited for his role as the ex-police captain, and the roles of the three lowlifes are well-acted by Neville Brand and young-looking Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam.

    The atmosphere and characters both work particularly well. The story has perhaps a couple of implausible turns, but in itself it is so carefully constructed that this really doesn't matter. Director Phil Karlson certainly deserves praise for putting things together so well. Very few B-movies are this well-conceived, and as a result it still holds up very well.
    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.
    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.

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    • Curiosidades
      John Payne broke some of Jack Elam's ribs in a fight scene.
    • Erros de gravação
      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.
    • Citações

      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!

    • Cenas durante ou pós-créditos
      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.'"
    • Conexões
      Edited into Tep No & KT Tunstall: Heartbeat Bangs (2021)
    • Trilhas sonoras
      La Cucaracha
      (uncredited)

      Spanish Traditional

      Sung by Tomaso as he delivers the mail

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    • Data de lançamento
      • 11 de novembro de 1952 (Estados Unidos da América)
    • País de origem
      • Estados Unidos da América
    • Idiomas
      • Inglês
      • Espanhol
    • Também conhecido como
      • Kansas City Confidential
    • Locações de filme
      • Two Harbors, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Califórnia, EUA(scenes in "Borados")
    • Empresas de produção
      • Associated Players & Producers
      • Edward Small Productions
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    • Tempo de duração
      1 hora 39 minutos
    • Cor
      • Black and White
    • Proporção
      • 1.37 : 1

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