Kansas City Confidential

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

Cast

John Payne

as Joe Rolfe

Coleen Gray

as Helen Foster

Preston Foster

as Tim Foster

Neville Brand

as Boyd Kane

Lee Van Cleef

as Tony Romano

Jack Elam

as Pete Harris

Dona Drake

as Teresa

Mario Siletti

as Tomaso

Howard Negley

as Andrews

Carleton Young

as Martin

Reviews

John Chard

Unlucky Joe And The Torn In Half Kings. Kansas City Confidential (AKA: The Secret Four) is directed by Phil Karlson and written by George Bruce and Harry Essex. It stars John Payne, Preston Foster, Coleen Gray, Neville Brand, Jack Elam and Lee Van Cleef. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematograph...

CinemaSerf

This is quite a clever, well paced crime-noir with a really rather good performance from John Payne as "Joe", a former soldier/ex-con who, whilst on his routine flower-delivery rounds - ends up getting framed for a massive armed robbery. Luckily for him, the police can't press charges - all the robb...

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