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Kansas City Confidential (1952)

Kansas City Confidential poster
Directed by
Phil Karlson
Genre
drama film, film noir, heist film, crime film, thriller film, caper story
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 145 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An ex-con is framed for a bank heist and sets out to find the real criminals. He tracks down the mysterious mastermind and his gang to clear his name.

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What happens

Kansas City Confidential (released in the United Kingdom as The Secret Four) is a 1952 American crime film noir directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne and Coleen Gray. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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