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Kansas city confidential is a 1952 american film noir crime film directed by phil karlson and starring john payne, coleen gray, preston foster, neville brand, lee van cleef and jack elam. Karlson achieves a very paranoid atmosphere throughout the film, the. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing kansas city confidential near you. Kansas city confidential, starring john payne and coleen gray, is presented at the globe. Looking to watch kansas city confidential on your tv, phone, or tablet. An excon trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to mexico in order to unmask the real culprits. Good movie, but the only thing kansas city in it is that single still at the beginning. Joe rolf john payne, an excon, tries to make an honest living in kansas city.
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Kansas city confidential 1952 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Preston foster is the former head of detectives for the kansas city police, who was forced to leave his post because of a change in city political structures that he did not prepare for. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. John payne is a excon who drives a florist truck and one of his usual stops is a delivery next door to a bank. The kansas city french connection kansas city, mo meetup.
Stream, download, buy kansas city confidential is available to watch free on tubi tv, vudu free, hoopla and stream, download, buy on demand at amazon prime, flixfling, epix, epix now, flixfling vod, amazon, itunes online. Its one you can watch over and over again and still be entertained. Joe is an ordinary fellow, down on his luck after earning high decorations for his services during the world war. Kansas city confidential, lobbycard, lee van cleef, john payne. It was directed by phil karlson at his peak just after scandal sheet and right before 99 river street. Released in a woefully substandard version from alpha watch the video wiggle at the bottom of the screen every 10 seconds, and a much better, but still flawed version from image the picure is just a bit too dark and has some minor print damage, along with several dollar dvd versions that were even more flawed. So it is with director phil karlsons kansas city confidential. Kansas city confidential 1952 t im foster preston foster is a bitter excop forced into early retirement for mysterious reasons. Kansas city confidential is noteworthy chiefly for the gritty and violent underworld vision of director karlson, the immediacy of the semidocumentary cinematography, and the complexity of its. Kansas city confidential is a taught and exciting film noir at the tail end of the period when such films were being made. Kansas city confidential is a 1952 american film noir and crime film directed by phil karlson starring john payne, coleen gray and lee van cleef.
Kansas city confidential 1952 tt0044789 a downonhisluck exgi finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. Music is by paul sawtell and cinematography by george e. Kansas city confidential 2002 a mysterious fellow preston foster contacts a trio of criminals jack elam, neville brand, lee van cleef to help with a bank heist. Kansas city confidential, dvd, manufactured on demand, suspensefilm noir, 889290005212. The film was released in the united kingdom as the secret four. Apply to customer service representative, adult education teacher, event manager and more. The four wear masks and remain strangers to each other, planning to reunite in. Kansas city confidential movie trailer and videos tv guide. Joe rolfe payne, a downonhisluck flower delivery truck driver is accused of being involved and is roughly interrogated by local police. Kansas city 117, the secret four, le quatrieme homme. Kansas city confidential is a low budget bgrade film noir that holds up quite well 60 years after its theatrical release. Karlson and payne teamed a year later for 99 river street, another film noir, followed by hells island, a film noir in color. The men recruited by foster are invited to the fictitious mexican resort town of barados, where the robbery. Watch kansas city confidential movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.
Kansas city confidential movie yify subtitles details. Karlson and payne teamed a year later for 99 river street, another film noir, followed by hells island, a film noir in color this film is now in the public domain. This account has reached the download cap, additional downloads subject to. Kansas city confidential 1952 subtitles opensubtitles. Film chest and hd cinema classics in the us, and rimini editions in france. Kansas city confidential rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. He finds himself set up as a patsy who is picked up on suspicion of committing a robbery that was actually orchestrated by a former kansas city police officer tim foster played by preston foster. When hes finally released for lack of evidenceafter having been beaten up and tortured by the policehe sets out to discover who set him up, and why.
Karlson and payne teamed a year later for 99 river street, another film noir, followed by hells island, a. A mysterious fellow preston foster contacts a trio of criminals jack elam, neville brand, lee van cleef to help with a bank heist. On the disc is a restoration comparison, their typical purpose to show viewers how spectacular this latest edition looks. Watch kansas city confidential starring john payne in this drama on directv.
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Kansas city confidential the secret four 1952 rotten. Kansas city confidential 1952 journeys in classic film. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise. Kansas city confidential is a 1952 film noir crime film directed by phil karlson and starring john payne actor, coleen. The secret four is directed by phil karlson and written by george bruce and harry essex.
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