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An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
Orlando Beltran
- Porter
- (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
- Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Robbery Spectator
- (uncredited)
Barry Brooks
- Player
- (uncredited)
Charles Cane
- Detective Barney
- (uncredited)
Edward Coch
- Airline Clerk
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Payne broke some of Jack Elam's ribs in a fight scene.
- GoofsWhen Joe is leaving his room after the card game, the camera is pulling back following him when it audibly and visibly brushes against a palm frond on the right.
- Quotes
Scott Andrews: [Speaking about Rolfe] ... left school to enlist with the engineers. Pretty good soldier too! Bronze Star, Purple Heart!
Joe Rolfe: Try and buy a cup of coffee with them!
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: "In the police annals of Kansas City are written lurid chapters concerning the exploits of criminals apprehended and brought to punishment."
"But it is the purpose of this picture to expose the amazing operations of a man who conceived and executed a 'perfect crime,' the true solution of which is NOT entered in ANY case history, and could well be entitled 'Kansas City Confidential.'"
- ConnectionsEdited into Tep No & KT Tunstall: Heartbeat Bangs (2021)
- SoundtracksLa Cucaracha
(uncredited)
Spanish Traditional
Sung by Tomaso as he delivers the mail
Featured review
Enjoyable little-known Noir
Good job turned in by all concerned. Solid acting jobs help put this film over, which contains several neat plot turns. There are also a few plot contrivances and remarkable coincidences which have to be overcome, but it's easy in this case since the rest of the picture works so well - just go with it, or 'key flow', as they say in football.
John Payne and Preston Foster turn in first-rate jobs despite the drop in class to a "B", and Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam are in top form as 'bad guys'.Colleen Gray is lovely but adds 20 minutes to the proceedings as the love interest - and the picture really didn't need a love interest or 20 extra minutes. Overall, a very good effort well worth seeing.
John Payne and Preston Foster turn in first-rate jobs despite the drop in class to a "B", and Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam are in top form as 'bad guys'.Colleen Gray is lovely but adds 20 minutes to the proceedings as the love interest - and the picture really didn't need a love interest or 20 extra minutes. Overall, a very good effort well worth seeing.
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- GManfred
- Feb 11, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Kansas City 117
- Filming locations
- Two Harbors, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA(scenes in "Borados")
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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