Der vierte Mann (1952)
44KDer vierte Mann: Directed by Phil Karlson. With John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand. 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.
“Kansas City Confidential is one of my favorite noir films and films of John Payne. Itu0026#39;s one you can watch over and over again and still be entertained.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJohn Payne is a ex-con who drives a florist truck and one of his usual stops is a delivery next door to a bank. Three masked robbers use the same kind of truck to pull off an armored car heist and Payne is suspected of complicity. It donu0026#39;t help heu0026#39;s an ex-con.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis robbery has been organized a fourth man and the beauty of his scheme is that the robbers all wear masks with him and with each other so that no one can rat anyone out. Theyu0026#39;re supposed to meet in a small Mexican fishing village for the split.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePayne is freed, but the Kansas City cops are still suspicious. He gets a lead on a possible participant and tracks him down to Mexico. And thatu0026#39;s where the fun really starts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe suspense in Kansas City Confidential is not about who did it. The three robbers are Neville Brand, Jack Elam, and Lee Van Cleef, three of the nastiest dudes in film history. The suspense lies whether Payne can put it all together. As he says to one of them, heu0026#39;s flying blind in this one. After all the men donu0026#39;t even know each other or Mr. Big. The viewer knows all, but I wonu0026#39;t say more.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJohn Payne gives a riveting performance of a desperate man and one you donu0026#39;t leave holding the bag without consequences. This is one of the best noir films ever done, not to be missed.”
