Kansas City Confidential: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef (1952 Movie)

DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org 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. Karlson and Payne teamed up a year later for 99 River Street, another noir, followed by a 1955 color film, Hell's Island. 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. Cast John Payne as Joe Rolfe/Peter Harris Coleen Gray as Helen Foster aka Punkin Preston Foster as Tim Foster Neville Brand as Boyd Kane Lee Van Cleef as Tony Romano Jack Elam as Pete Harris aka Johnson Dona Drake as Teresa Mario Siletti as Tomaso Howard Negley as Andrews Carleton Young as Martin Don Orlando as Diaz Ted Ryan as Morelli Jeff York as Captain McBride (uncredited) Kansas City Confidential was the only film made by Edward Small's short-lived Associated Players and Producers studio. Although the title would suggest that ...

Suddenly: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason and Nancy Gates (1954 Movie)

DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Suddenly (1954) is an American film noir directed by Lewis Allen with a screenplay written by Richard Sale. The drama features Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason and Nancy Gates, among others. The tranquility of a small town is jarred when the US President is scheduled to pass through and a hired assassin takes over the Benson home as a perfect location to ambush the president. In post-war America, the President of the United States is scheduled to journey through the small town of Suddenly, California. Claiming to be checking up on security prior to his arrival, a group of FBI agents arrive at the home of the Bensons, which neighbors the station where the Presidential train is due to stop. However, they soon turn out to be assassins led by the ruthless John Baron (Frank Sinatra), who take over the house and hold the family hostage. Sheriff Tod Shaw (Sterling Hayden) arrives with Dan Carney (Willis Bouchey), a Secret Service agent in charge of the President's security detail. When he does, Baron and his gangsters shoot Carney and a bullet fractures Shaw's arm. Baron sends one of his two henchmen to double-check on the President's schedule but he is killed in a shootout with the police. Jud (James O'Hara), a television repairman, shows up at the house and also becomes a hostage. Pidge (Kim Charney) goes to his grandfather's dresser to fetch some medication and notices a fully loaded revolver which he replaces with his toy ...