"Kansas City Confidential" is a 1952 film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne. The film was marketed with the tagline "Exploding like a gun in your face!" and released in the United Kingdom as "The Secret Four".<br /><br />Four robbers hold up an armored truck, getting away with over a million dollars in cash. Joe Rolfe (John Payne), a down-on-his-luck flower delivery truck driver is accused of being involved and is roughly interrogated by local police. Released due to lack of evidence, Joe, following the clues to a Mexican resort, decides to look for the men who set him up both to clear his name and to exact revenge. What he doesn't know is that the heist involves a retired policeman who is also intent on revenge. The plot was inspiration for Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.<br /><br />---<br /><br />Directed by Phil Karlson, produced by Edward Small, screenplay by George Bruce, and Harry Essex, story by Rowland Brown and Harold Greene, starring John Payne<br />Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand and Lee Van Cleef.<br /><br />---<br /><br />Source: "Kansas City Confidential" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 14 August 2012. Web. 31 August 2012. .<br /><br />If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe: <br /><br />#FilmNoir #TimelessClassicMovies #ClassicFilm
