Kansas City Confidential (1952)
- 7.4
- 98 mins
- Crime, Drama
Storyline
A down-on-his-luck ex-G.I. finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence, after having been worked-over by the police, he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a web of hired thugs and a corrupt cop.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords
wrongly accused, armored car robbery, frame up, police brutality, bare chested male, mistaken identity, crooked cop, suspicion, swimming pool, pipe smoking, law student, gun held to head, man wears a swimsuit, hairy chest, truck driver, insurance investigator, police shootout, woman wears a one piece swimsuit, counting money, begins with text
Short Review
Falls into that rarefied early-'50s cycle of noir, which benefited from B directors who had learned how to quickly dispense with the genre conventions and deliver brutal action and lurid innuendos.
Trailer
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