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Payne was already reinventing himself as a hard, taciturn lead in the westerns and action films when he connected up with Karlson and (according to the director) they came up with the story: he and I loaded with a bottle of Scotch.We wrote the entire script and then we turned it over to a writer to put it in screenplay form.
The robbery is executed with clockwork timing and Karlson directs the scene with terse efficiency, snappy momentum and crack timing. Its also where we get our first real look at delivery man Joe (Payne), the hard-luck working class guy flipped off by fate when the armored car heist uses his florist deliveries as cover and leaves him to take the fall: a patsy to give them camouflage and the cops a distraction as they make their getaway. ![]() He follows the only lead his has out of the states and into a sleepy little Mexican vacation spot where a payoff already complicated by double-dealing and double crosses gets a new player. They give the film a shot of raw menace, a trio of thugs who are quick with a gun and slow to trust anyone and would just as soon solve a problem with a bullet. Foster, never the most dynamic of screen professionals, doesnt exactly radiate authority as a criminal mastermind but part of the films fun is the play of false identities and double lives and Fosters ex-cop with a grudge is all about appearing innocent while pulling the strings behind the scenes. His revenge on his forced retirement is a doozy that, if all goes to plan, will leave both rich and a hero. Not simply questioned by the cops, hes put through the ringer of police beatings to get a confession; they cant actually show it on screen, of course, but hes almost limp coming back from some of those interrogation sessions, doubled over in pain but never uttering a whimper or groan, never letting them see him crumple. These things happen. This kind of offhanded acknowledgment of police corruption, presented without comment or condemnation by the good cops of the force, could only have been slipped through an independent production.) Its not hard to see how he gets so bitter but instead of wallowing, he turns detective to get back not just his good name but his dignity and his life. And when the cops cant or wont help him, its the criminal brother of a war buddy who steps up to give him the only lead he has to clear his name. The scheming rogues gallery and Karlsons steely transformation of thick fall guy Payne into a snarling, ruthless hero makes this hard-bitten low budget classic a darkly satisfying caper. The collaboration was so successful that Karlson and Payne reunited the next year for 99 River Street, an even more bare-knuckle noir set in the nocturnal shadows of the predatory city. Kansas City Confidential (MGM Film Noir) DVD Kansas City Confidential Blu-Ray DVD Combo Pack. Subscribe to Stream On Demand to receive notifications of new posts (your E-mail address will not be shared) and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Film Chest offers a Blu-rayDVD Combo Pack that is disappointing, ostensibly transferred from original 35mm elements and digitally restored in high definition but the results suggests second generation (or more) elements and heavy digital clean-up that scrubs away the details with the damage. While it is superior to other PD edition, the best version available is the DVD edition released by MGMFox in 2007, still the superior edition of this film noir classic. He writes the weekly newspaper column Stream On Demand and the companion website, and his work appears at RogerEbert.com, Turner Classic Movies online, The Film Noir Foundation, and Parallax View.
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