Product Description

In Kansas City Confidential, four robbers hold up an armored truck, getting away with over a million dollars in cash. Joe Rolfe (John Payne), a down-on-his-luck delivery driver who is accused of involvement in the heist, sets out to discover who set him up and to exact revenge. He follows a trail that leads him to a web of hired killers and corrupt police in Mexico. Kansas City Confidential was the source of inspiration for Quentin Tarantinos Reservoir Dogs. An imaginative film noir classic, this is a fast-paced and highly entertaining gem!

"With superior image and sound, this new version may be the best version of this Fifties gem we are likely to get." ~Bluray.com

"This 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 transfer from The Film Detective is quite impressive. Clarity and contrast are excellent, with rich black levels and terrific gray scale variance lending the picture a lustrous sheen." ~High-Def Digest

"The Film Detective rescues the title from its decades of tattered duplicate copies, presented in 1.33:1 with a cleaned up restoration. ...finally available in a deserving disc release." ~Ioncinema

"Phil Karlson's Kansas City Confidential (1952 is back on Blu-ray for a second time, this time issued by the Film Detective label. This excellent Film Noir was reviewed in two versions before...This new release is now the definitive version of the film and all the others are obsolete..." ~Fulvue Drive-in

"Not all B films of the 1950s (or other decades for that matter) are worthy of restoration for BluRay but this one is." ~FlipSide