Kansas City Confidential (1952) JOHN PAYNE

Stars: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam
Director: Phil Karlson
In this action-packed crime-noir, an ex-con sets off on a roller coaster ride of vengeance to unmask the mobsters who framed him for an armored truck heist.

[@mikesaunders4775]

The criminally under-rated John Payne once again giving a great performance in a Film Noir that ranks with the very best. A tough yet complex storyline is complemented by stylish camerawork and superlative acting from the likes of Lee Van Cleef,Neville Brand,et al.

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Absolutely right!

[@lazaropeedro8881]

I am 60 years old i was born in1959 in it dosent have nothing to do w the age these film was before my time,but a good movie is allways goin to be a good movie. Thank u my dear friend

[@splash5150izy]

I'm a 1958er -You are one Year Younger than Me and the Same age as my 2next Sisters Down- We celebrated her 60th Birthday Back in February 27th- My Birthday is the Day Before 26th and my Sister Immediately Down From Me her Birthday is the 25th of February Me and her are the Same Age for One Day- Whenever we tell People our age Dates which isn't that often- they are Amazed ^^^@Lazaro peedro *

[@lazaropeedro8881]

@@splash5150izy that is amazin my dear friend in i wish u guys nothing but the best god bless u.

[@splash5150izy]

@@lazaropeedro8881 .. Thank you lazaro- And same back to You my Good Buddy *

[@mikesmith6838]

This is in my top 10 Film Noirs! Love this movie! Criminally underrated (pun intended).

[@PizzaFLIX]

YES. And an influence on Quentin Tarantino 🍕🍕🍕🥊

[@birdlynn417]

This is such a good movie. John Payne was awesome in this film.

[@PizzaFLIX]

No kidding! why aren't more people watching this? !!!

[@albrownfromtheothersideoft3115]

@@PizzaFLIX one of my favorite movies, great cast,with some of my favorite and some of the best noir bit characters you could find,Elam,Brand,Van Cleef, are great, Payne is Payne, he's always great in noir. great plot, twists, music score, it's noir at it's finest, what noir is made to be, one of my favorite noirs and Payne noirs, with crooked way and 99 river Street

[@ioannisalex5089]

PizzaFlix probably because nowadays stupidity and moral is at its peak and people are interested in nudity and sci-fi shit !!

[@BILLSSCOPE]

Let's start making movies like this again! Great script, great acting and directing. No cop out sleazy movie tricks. Seeing Jack Elam and Lee Van Cleef was a treat.

[@wendesmith6240]

Thank you for the film. Good audio that these old ears can actually hear. Adore John Payne!!

[@mortimerzilch2608]

Wow! Jack Elam AND Lee Van Cleef in 1952 !!

[@D45VR]

and Neville Brand, decorated WW2

[@westpacific52]

Yep....and they go fishing in suits and ties!

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

...BOTH with ...Bad EYE-SIGHT''''CLINT-EASTWOOD ...also HAD that Twitching EYE ...When He''s ABOUT TO LET YOU HAVE with GUNS A BLAZING'''...Fistfull-pf-Dollars'''...anyone''''

[@weshallbesaved5137]

Love the old movies...with an actual plot and happy last minute ending...

[@raphaelfritzler7799]

Wow! What a great movie! Thanks!! 😆👍

[@PizzaFLIX]

One of the best ones on PizzaFLIX... 5 Pepperonis

[@dwsherm1]

I can't think of a movie I've seen in the last 15 years that I liked as much as this. It's probably my age but I love the old movies so much more.

[@CarschA]

Same here. That was a great movie.

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

...yesss...REMEMBER LORETTA-YOUNG-Theather...and The ...5..o'clocK...movie-TIME...i WORKED-LONG-SHOREMAN-...so i was always HOME ...popcorn...READY...Those were The GooD OLD Days''''

[@ronrichards654]

Excellent film. Great dialog, story and acting. High quality picture.

[@PizzaFLIX]

👍🏽 A 5-Pepperoni PizzaFLIX 🍕

[@lesizmor9079]

All-around excellent noir thriller. Thanks PF.

[@onaleemcgraw4048]

Excellent all around thriller thank you for posting...

[@captainbart]

30:00 Elam says, " You been givin me the fish-eye all nite!. Priceless eye ball banter.

[@santinowilliams693]

Good ole joe, not only does he get the girl but the reward money too, Good movie really enjoyed it as always, thanks Pizzaflix

[@briamcrawford410]

GREAT movie...what a plot!

[@drawbridge611]

Wow, what an absolutely outstanding movie. Brilliant plot, great direction, and authentic acting by the greats of that era. Thank you, PizzaFix.

[@suzieqwonder3089]

A nice clear picture & pretty good audio sound.

[@ritaturner368]

Another beauty, you’ve got great movie appreciation. I think I’ve been through your library several times now, but I love them. Happy watching everyone.

[@Joseph120656]

Excellent movie! I love how 'when its the end - its THE END'. HA HA! It surprised me to see Lee Van Cleef. I only knew him from the Westerns.

[@tepicelenacordova7345]

Very good movie !!!! thank you PizzaFlix, you did it again!!!

[@TheWriterWalker]

Thoroughly enjoyable!

[@yaelsegal5696]

John Payne was one of the best

[@alonzocalvillo6702]

Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, and Neville Brand.Wow , its a trifecta.

[@PizzaFLIX]

PizzaFLIX FIVE PEPPERONI MOVIE!

[@hemming57]

Van Cleef's 3rd movie

[@mikethomas5231]

Alonzo Calvillo: Agreed!! 😎

[@sharonjohnson1702]

Lee Van Cléef Jack Elam the two ugliest and means men

[@michaelwertzy9808]

@@PizzaFLIX, the sauce never lets me down! Neville Brand has always made me grit my teeth. Gotta admit, even though stereotyped in many of his roles, he gives what they want!

[@customhockeydesign5850]

I like how the guard of the bank shoots his gun at the bank robbers. It's like a kid shooting a water pistol.

[@vipermad358]

Bang! Bang!

[@conniecrawford5231]

Custom Hockey Design It did look pretty stupid!

[@blackbird5634]

Not ONE ounce of FAT on this classic. It's perfect. Every line necessary, every scene a little gem. I'm sweatin when they're sweatin. The movie is pure gold noir. Absolutely seamless fit between the story and the made-up at the end, you'll enjoy it.

[@zxtenn]

Such a well acted classic, true actors and actresses Did the cigarette companies make massive contributions to the movie industry then? 'Cheaters' that's what my Father used to call glasses too- he was born in 1908 Racket squad and Professor Pepperwinkle from Superman, Neville Brand, what a perfect criminal he played- cant they bring back movies like this now?

[@customhockeydesign5850]

Everyone smoked back then, it was the thing to do.

[@w0ndawar]

@@customhockeydesign5850 Yep it was a part of growing up. Although some people didn't smoke because of moral or health reasons. People knew it was bad for them just not how bad. For awhile women smoking was taboo.

[@samjones4451]

A lot of actors died of cancer.

[@richbrockmeier3922]

All star cast. Great movie.

[@mindwave1236]

Good movie! Very well told and good acting. Thanks for this classic story of good over evil. And the consequences of straying in the wrong direction.

[@Songwriter376]

I wish I had penny everytime Elam got smacked. Lol.

[@ssn0651]

Zoid-o Tron I wish I had a nickel every time he lit a cigarette

[@sueferris3685]

I've seen this several times. Really good, with a kind of different plot.

[@tommyeseniaturner928]

I really like this 🍿 movie Great late. 😊 I started to watch it at about 10:30pm I fell asleep so fast woke in the middle it was funny to me I kept rewind it to I finally finished it. I give it thumbs 👍 up . Good morning.

[@elizabethconde8841]

Awesome!!! Love these movies. A million thanks!!!

[@drzarkov39]

None of the comments mentioned the always drop-dead gorgeous Dona Drake. Va-va-va-voom!

[@johnnynoirman]

A masterpiece in it's way.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

great flick to the one hour point....I'm hanging on every minute...love it!

[@lazaropeedro8881]

These is one great movie Thank u in advance

[@chrishanalei9042]

great transfer, thanks

[@ritaturner368]

As the lovely James Taylor would say, “you’ve got a friend”.

[@howdyradio934]

Thank you for the upload PizzaFlix. Really enjoyed your movie choice. Watching from N.S.W Australia.

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

...yeahhhh...Hot Buttered ...popcorn...too...he...he...""

[@thomasknight1190]

Another great film with a great ending

[@marthadaddio7005]

I love old gangster films

[@vipermad358]

Great movie with a lot of Man Slappin'!

[@fbirdy]

When he asked"was that the guy who saved your life in Hiroshima?"I'd buy him"... Do you know what he meant by, (I'd buy him)? Very curious about this expression.. Thanks

[@westpacific52]

@@fbirdy it means he's worth a lot...someone you want to have as a friend....it was Iwo Jima...

[@fbirdy]

@@westpacific52 Thanks friend.

[@conniecrawford5231]

That was considered an “ armored truck” then? Lol ! I like how the the guards walk out of the bank with guns drawn!

[@WilldoAldone]

Talking with a cigarette hanging out of your mouth really does make a man look tough. I quite smoking years ago, but enjoyed it back in the day.

[@shirleyrandle3138]

Thanks PF,you post the best movies!!

[@bentleyrigg9266]

Really good one had me sitting up in my seat fulljoy every minute

[@PizzaFLIX]

Bentley Rigg GREAT movie! Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX

[@Reb4ful]

Superb!

[@roxandeh6735]

thanks for sharng

[@blackdog.6398]

There was some smooth operators in this one ☝️, wooo I could get into some 🎣 fishing , get some crab, or squid , drop some tubers , white rubber tubes, 🕵🏿‍♀️ Yellow ,, barracuda, Red Snapper, well we love the movies PF. Thank you 🙏

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

''''...w.t.f.'''''''''

[@comonsensai]

Fantastic movie, thanks for sharing.

[@robertfitzgerald3432]

Great Movie !

[@cindys1819]

Just look at how every scene is frames, the dramatic pacing, the quality of the dialogue....just like now right?.....

[@jacksnyder3616]

Outstanding movie, thanks for posting:)

[@dongaetano3687]

Another great pic PF. Batting with the 500 hitters. Thx.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

THE END is always the beginning...like you press START to turn off a computer...park in the driveway and drive on the Parkway.

[@LTJR.]

we're topsy turvy, feet can smell, nose can run!

[@danbujor5991]

Good clean smart old movie. No f's necessary.

[@moncorp1]

well, if you call all the fighting and murdering clean.

[@laurisbergmanis5201]

Great film👍😎

[@perpieta]

"Pete Harris" is a common enough name--Joe should've just said he was a different Pete Harris than the one Kane did time with. But a small quibble; what a great movie. And we get John Payne in a tiny bathing suit!

[@rubiconklbrutorowman7577]

Should have been nominated 4 Oscar (!) n if it did not it was very poorly overlooked! It is truly classic film, NOT like today's n thz so much indeed 4 sharing!

[@zorroalphonso4354]

Back then, CIA-style interrogation of suspects was common in the USA itself.

[@garyteague4480]

Zorro Alphonso but was so wrong

[@anthonydubose5779]

Great movie.

[@arieswaters]

Really good movie liked it a lot

[@DAUGHTEROFBABYLON]

Coleen Gray is excellant in this, so is John Payne, and Jack, Neville probably had the longest run of them all,,, Good flick! And if was Great to see Preston Foster put in his usual A+ acting too!!

[@NuncNuncNuncNunc]

Great flick! What was the British film that I assume used this as a template - a bank heist with the getaway car hidden in a truck? The Joe character was an ex-con taxi driver recruited by the police who infiltrates the gang. Think the British one followed this.

[@eddiemurphy5781]

NuncNuncNuncNunc Jack Hawkins Movie.cant remember title.

[@NakedTongues]

The league of gentle men

[@inkblot131]

Time-stamp 11:45.., ahh, the mountains of Kansas City; before we sold'em to d'suckers in California...

[@susanbengston3496]

inkblot131 🤣🤣🤣

[@snfu6574]

Lol good eye

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

...Now You TALKING'''''

[@thatsMYbeef]

i really enjoyed this movie..thankyou..next! :)

[@writeract2]

The gorgeous John Payne - pains me to know he didn't have a good end.

[@Barbbfly]

ya the phone really is ringing

[@pemako4599]

Nice covid lockdown watch

[@DekeSimmons]

Hey Ris Flix I'm into film noir styled films from the late 40's and 50's. Can you get some of the good ones like The Big Heat Glenn Ford?

[@samjones4451]

They had to smoke in this film.

[@inwalters]

Ok - that diagram at 3:26 - who the heck printed that? Do ya think they might have been just a tiny bit suspicious as to why he wanted ?

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

@26:20 that was epic! God bless our Veterans

[@patrickverhaeghe1475]

At 1.25.10, Payne puts his gun on the right hand side and at 1.26.22 takes it on his left !! ;-))

[@sharksport01]

Never knew Mick Jagger acted before music.

[@badbag9625]

Callng all available second string male actors in Hollywood ! Good opportunity for so many of them to jump into this film. Each doing a " bang " up job pretending to be gangster type guys ! Only two females on set to play one good girl while the other the fast girl. In total turning this movie into the fine viewing it is . PIZZAFLIX a sure reservation for film dinning ! Thanks for the invitation !

[@LTJR.]

No ''B's'' all A+'s, great support all around.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

1:2600 gun in wrong side of holster? did you catch it?

[@weshallbesaved5137]

Good catch....must have had scenes and costume change from the day before...😂. Too many guns being stuck in hostler's in the last couple hours..

[@mikelucey5035]

Nope. When he stuck the gun in the holster, he was reflected in a mirror. It was on his left side.

[@BobJones-dq9mx]

This movie is an alright show. Totally predictable and unrealistic scenario. The acting is well done and the ending is so typical of Hollywood. Lee Van Cleef surely was a great pick.

[@fbirdy]

When he asked"was that the guy who saved your life in Hiroshima?"I'd buy him"... Do you know what he meant by, (I'd buy him)? Very curious about this expression.. Thanks

[@guesswho5122]

It's not "Hiroshima" but "Iwo Jima". As to your actual question, I cannot help, though. That is 'tough guy lingo', I presume. - After having watched that scene now I think that this simply is to say that a war hero like him can be trusted: "I'd believe him" , "I'd buy his story" = his version of what really happened. - While still watching, I remembered what the femme fatale and her accomplice in the climactic final scene of Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944) said to each other. She had tried to explain what and why she did it but he curtly answered: "Sorry baby, I'm not buying." She: "I'm not asking you to buy, just hold me close."

[@fbirdy]

@@guesswho5122 Thanks for this reply. Yeah bozo move on the Iwo Jima part.... Thanks again. I love double indemnity, nothing like Barbara....

[@guesswho5122]

@Fee Bird "I love double indemnity, nothing like Barbara" Oh yeah, Barbara and her golden anklet chain ... But she could be funny, too, e.g. as Sugarpuss in Ball of Fire (with Cooper etc.). As to Indemnity, one of my absolute classic film noir favorites: With director Billy Wilder, screenwriters Wilder and Raymond Chandler!, the underlying novel by James M. Cain plus Stanwyck, MacMurray and Robinson nothing could go wrong.

[@fbirdy]

@@guesswho5122 is double indemnity considered a film noir?

[@sodoffbaldrick3038]

If you've ever heard the expression, "I don't buy it", when you think someone's telling a lie, this is basically saying the opposite. Joe's friend believes in his innocence, and has asked his brother to help him. His brother Rick is skeptical at best until he meets him. He's obviously heard his brother tell how Joe risked his life to save him when they were on Iwo Jima, and has decided after meeting Joe that he believes in him too.

[@betsybeatty2783]

Why didn't he put the lid back on gas tank? There was one.....

[@KJ-ek2ze]

They always have to put a blemish on an otherwise great movie by forcing an inorganic love angle.

[@GoodGuy-rm8wx]

And how

[@rogerscottcathey]

What did the guy say after slugging his brother for giving Joe the money? 26:20

[@rogerscottcathey]

How could he keep that kind of a secret about her dad if they get involved? He'd have to live a lie. He'd have to level some time.

[@artabraham9908]

Pockets MacCartne

[@gr8fldale18]

Reservoir Dogs?

[@collinhuey2090]

dumb movie but elam carries it

[@kentmcdonough6862]

Three guys get dressed in suits and ties to go fishing? Everyone acts as if that's normal. As a viewer, should I feel insulted?

[@rubiconklbrutorowman7577]

They could not get a fishing suit in short time notice, plus it was about riding fishing boat NOT going 2 fishing U do-do!

[@GoodGuy-rm8wx]

They could be giving me paginay right now

[@Ripplin]

One of my faves! I reviewed it at letterboxd: letterboxd.com/ripplin/film/kansas-city-confidential/

[@LTJR.]

If I unsubscribe elseware, can I double sub here? consider it done, and that much happier I'm paying monthly for 0 commercial intrusions.

[@jasnej7321]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@amandaluvsbbc7887]

GOT REALLY BORING. MID TO END. STORY LINE LOST AND DRAGGED AFTER ROBBERY. BECAME DUMB MOVIE THEN

[@GoodGuy-rm8wx]

Wasting my time guy

[@GoodGuy-rm8wx]

Let history record me speaking plainly and the gayness of this being rare🖕

[@GoodGuy-rm8wx]

Your so lucky your not alive right now future gays