Friday, April 18, 2025

A cold knife in the middle of the back

An ex-con is framed for an armored car robbery and he sets out to discover who set him up. Close to excellent film noir. A good story, great first thirty minutes, but anticlimactic narrative towards the end. Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 crime film directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne, Coleen Gray, Neville Brand, Preston Foster, Jack Elam and Lee Van Cleef.

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