Actors: John Payne, Coleen Gray
Director: Phil Karlson
Film noir is supposed to be low-budget. I think any fan of noir accepts how poorly staged and shot many noir films are - what's supposed to separate them from regular movies are plot and character. Kansas City Confidential begins with an interesting premise - man unwittingly framed for bank robbery seeks out his framers - but gets stuck wanting for tension in the middle. In fairness, I missed one of the major premises of the film that might've increased the tension, but even so, it runs long at 97 minutes and none of the characters are even sketched interestingly.
I love naming a B-picture something like 'Kansas City Confidential' - naturally within the first five minutes while we're supposedly in Kansas City, there's a shot with mountains in the background and we know we're in Los Angeles (as always).
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