Kansas City Confidential (1952 film)

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Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 American film noir crime thriller about an ex-con framed for a brutal armored car robbery who hunts down the real culprits to clear his name.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime thriller film ⓘ
film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Secret Four ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
castMember Coleen Gray ⓘ
Donna Reed ⓘ
Jack Elam ⓘ
John Payne ⓘ
Lee Van Cleef ⓘ
Neville Brand ⓘ
Preston Foster ⓘ
certificate United States: Approved ⓘ
cinematographyBy George E. Diskant NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess monochrome ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Phil Karlson ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Buddy Small ⓘ
era classic Hollywood era ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
hasSetting Kansas City ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
hasTheme framing and wrongful accusation ⓘ
identity concealment ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
leadActor John Payne ⓘ
leadActress Coleen Gray ⓘ
mainCharacter Joe Rolfe ⓘ
musicBy Paul Sawtell ⓘ
notableFor complex heist plot with masked robbers whose identities are hidden from each other ⓘ
influential example of 1950s American film noir ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary An ex-con is framed for an armored car robbery and hunts down the real culprits to clear his name. ⓘ
producer Edward Small ⓘ
productionCompany Edward Small Productions ⓘ
protagonistOccupation ex-convict ⓘ
releaseDate 1952-11-11 ⓘ
releaseYear 1952 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 99 ⓘ
screenwriter George Bruce ⓘ
Harry Essex ⓘ
setInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
storyBy Harold Greene ⓘ
Rowland Brown ⓘ
title Kansas City Confidential ⓘ

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Edward Small Productions → notableWork → Kansas City Confidential (1952 film) ⓘ
Edward Small → notableWork → Kansas City Confidential (1952 film) ⓘ