Carleton Young, Coleen Gray, Dona Drake

In this tough-minded film noir, ex-cop Tim Foster (Preston Foster) thinks he's pulled off the perfect bank robbery. But his plan hits a snafu when an innocent man is suspected, and Foster decides to h...( read more  read more... )unt down the real suspects. Full of hard-hitting action and plot twists, Kansas City Confidential is one classic you don't want to miss. Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam co-star.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Phil Karlson

Release Date: November 11, 1952

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DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002

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  • November 8, 2008
    Kansas City Confidential is more of a heist movie as opposed to a film noir flick. And a pretty decent one at that. The title's pretty misleading as most of the action takes place in Mexico. The action and most of what innovation this movie has takes place mostly in the first act...( read more) but it ends pretty well. A good supporting cast includes the ever-shifty Lee Van Cleef and the crazy eyed Jack Elam. My biggest gripe is that this movie didn't entirely hold my attention throughout but I was pretty surprised as I was expecting a 50s version of CSI. So it's got that going for it. Which is nice...
  • September 7, 2008
    Decent "B" caper flick w/ some noir touches.
  • August 10, 2008
    tough talkin' heist flick with some interesting twists
  • September 15, 2009
    I really enjoyed this Film Noir. There are some interesting plot twists and some good characters. If you like older films definitely check this one out.
  • February 20, 2009
    A B-noir so intricately and smoothly assembled that it rises above its origins, Kansas City Confidential sparingly uses to noir angles or lighting. Instead, it drapes itself in the ambiguity, the gray themes of the genre in a wonderfully convoluted story of a man wrongly accused...( read more) of a heist. Wonderful performances across the cast make this a great, unadorned feature.

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