Kansas City Confidential (1952)

‘Exploding like a gun in your face!’

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Kansas City Confidential was directed by Phil Karlson and stars John Payne. Karlson and Payne teamed up a year later for another noir, 99 River Street and again in 1955, in Hell’s Island. Perennial movie bad guys Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand and Jack Elam play the film’s heavies. Although the title would suggest that the story takes place in Kansas City, most of the film takes place in Mexico.

This was director Karlson’s second film noir. He also directed Scandal Sheet, a modest success, also released in 1952.