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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0027616081032
Format: Black & White, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 29154
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: November 28, 1952
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KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL is a hard-hitting film noir starring John Payne as Joe Rolfe an ex-con who's trying to go straight with a job as a deliveryman for a florist company. Unfortunately a gang of thugs (the sinister trio of Jack Elam Neville Brand and Lee Van Cleef) led by a criminal mastermind (Preston Foster) have arranged a bank robbery using a van that looks just like the one driven by Rolfe--and the deliveryman takes the fall for the heist. This leads to Rolfe's search for the real thieves a trail that leads to Mexico and an unexpected love affair with the gang leader's daughter (Coleen Gray).System Requirements:Running Time: 99 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 027616081032 Manufacturer No: M108103
Amazon.com:
Tightly plotted and perfectly cast, Kansas City Confidential is film noir at its finest. An obvious influence on Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, this riveting 99-minute potboiler builds its escalating suspense on the fate of reformed ex-con Joe Rolfe (John Payne), whose floral delivery truck matches a duplicate truck used in a Kansas City bank heist. Joe's been randomly framed by disgruntled, double-crossing ex-cop Tim Foster (Preston Foster) who masterminded the robbery, and in an effort to clear his name, Joe follows a trail of suspicion to a Mexican hideaway, where Foster's accomplices (a sublimely hardboiled trio played by Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand, and Jack Elam) have gathered to split their $1.2 million haul. Under Phil Karlson's skillful direction, this nerve-twitching scenario unfolds as a clever case of hidden and assumed identities (having worn masks during the heist and getaway, none of the robbers knows the others' identities), and Payne gives a smart, sweaty-browed performance as a hard-luck case who finds time for romance with Foster's daughter (Coleen Gray) as he struggles to turn his fate around. For noir lovers, this movie's pure bliss as Brand, Van Cleef, and especially Elam fill the screen with slimy greed and infectious mistrust. As an iconic example of gritty film noir, Kansas City Confidential remains exciting, unpredictable, and thoroughly entertaining. --Jeff Shannon
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What an improvement over my public domain disc of this superb little noir! The cast is excellent, especially the three bad guys in early roles. Preston Foster is far more interesting than he usually is. And John Payne is far stronger than usual. Interesting to see the same pool that was used in "Kiss Me Deadly" substituting for a resort in Mexico.
This film is a perfect example of why I collect film noir! Thanks to MGM.
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This is one of the classic thrillers of John Payne who is most remembered for his role as a fiancée of Maureen O'Hara in the movie Miracle on 34 Street. He co-starred with O'Hara, and Betty Grable in several movies, and he is known for musicals such as The Razor's Edge with Tyrone Power. In this crime drama, Payne plays an ex-con Joe Rolfe/Peter Harris who tries to clear his name when three unknown bank robbers use a florist truck similar to Harris's truck. When authorities find the truck used in ... Read More
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Not a classic but a pretty good second feature. John Payne heretofore a lightweight & not my first choice, does a good job as Joe. He's a good guy & a decorated vet. He's also an ex-con who has gone straight as a flower truck delivery man. There is a big bank robbery along his route & he has been set-up. The master mind of the robbery is disaffected Police Chief Tim Foster who has been forced to retire. He hires a trio of thugs (Lee van Cleef, Neville Brand & Jack Elam) to help ... Read More
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If you love the old movies of the Silver Screen era you will probably like this movie. The movie has several well know supporting cast "Bad Guy" type actors. If you are lookng for high tech action forget this one.
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This is a film noir. Made in 1952 in Black and White, it has the cynicism, it has the interesting plot twists that draw you into the story, it has the lead male in desperate circumstances beyond his control, but no femme fatale, no chiaroscuro, no stylishly odd camera angles. This is one of the heist-themed noir films. I found it very engaging and satisfying. The story was believable, the acting was at times inspired, at other times just a bit lackluster, possibly due to a few weak spots in the ... Read More
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