kansa city confidential be an excellent film noir on the cheap . it star john slightly scarlet payne play a revenge mind ex con try to even the score . ( he frame while drive a truck full of posy probably the most unlikely guy to be frame for a bank job . ) like his part in 99 river street and director phil karlson have payne play it both tough and street smart and at the same time good hearted . yet there no doubt that he could turn into a killer at any moment . the heist and eventual double cross be good and very clever for this type of crime picture . i be also surprised ( in a good way ) that the movie show some of the police a corrupt by show a false arrest and eventual beating . not to mention a very bad cop behind it all . this movie prove once again that b noirs be just as good a the big budget one with mitchim and lancaster . and how about the bad guy . lee van cleef and jack elam . nice . the film title be misleading and though . only a very small part of the film take place in kansas city . almost all of it be in mexico .