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Borados, in Mexico
- Filming started June 4, 1952, and was partly shot on Santa Catalina Island, California, which stood in for a Mexican village resort. The story begins in Kansas City, but most of the film actually takes place at a fictitious fishing resort, Borados, in Mexico.
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The story begins in Kansas City, but most of the film actually takes place at a fictitious fishing resort, Borados, in Mexico. Kansas City Confidential was director Karlson's second crime film; he also directed Scandal Sheet, also released in 1952, which proved to be a modest commercial success.
Kansas City Confidential: Directed by Phil Karlson. With John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand. An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
A mysterious fellow (Preston Foster) contacts a trio of criminals (Jack Elam, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef) to help with a bank heist. The four wear masks and remain strangers to each other ...
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- Phil Karlson
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An ex-con, Joe Rolfe (John Payne) is angry but unbreakable when he's interrogated by police about his alleged role in the crime, which took place using a getaway car detailed to match his work vehicle.
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- Phil Karlson
It was preceded by a solid half-hour of trailers for the various western and exploitation pictures that inspired it, from Take a Hard Ride to Mandingo. Even if you’ve only seen two or three Quentin Tarantino movies, you know that he not only uses cinema as his medium, but as his content as well.
Kansas City Confidential: Directed by Phil Karlson. With John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand. An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
Kansas City Confidential. Directed by Phil Karlson • 1952 • United States. Starring John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster. B-noir specialist Phil Karlson brings a gritty pulp punch to this slam-bang heist thriller with a plot that inspired Quentin Tarantino’s RESERVOIR DOGS.
