Bitter ex-cop Tim Foster (Preston Foster) wants to get even and what's coming to him devises a plan to rob a bank with a violent crew recruited under duress to pull it off. Using a flower delivery man Joe Rolfe (John Payne) as a fall guy he heads for south of the border to meet up with his gang for the split. Accused, abused and released by the cops, ex GI, ex con Rolfe makes some contacts to seek out his tormentor. He is soon off to Tijuana to make contact with the band of thugs and the mastermind who remains a mystery to all concerned.
KC Confidential's rogue list (Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand, Jack Elam) is top tier with Foster's Foster a stern, avuncular but disguised gang leader bringing cohesion to the group of ferals with blackmail. Protagonist Payne displays the proper amount of righteous indignation along the way but believability surrounding the masquerade begins to stretch as Rolfe closes in. It is redeemed however in the closing moments with Rolfe's "beau geste" regarding Foster. With its two cynically seasoned leads and triad of sadistic stoics, Confidential offers up some solid pulp.
KC Confidential's rogue list (Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand, Jack Elam) is top tier with Foster's Foster a stern, avuncular but disguised gang leader bringing cohesion to the group of ferals with blackmail. Protagonist Payne displays the proper amount of righteous indignation along the way but believability surrounding the masquerade begins to stretch as Rolfe closes in. It is redeemed however in the closing moments with Rolfe's "beau geste" regarding Foster. With its two cynically seasoned leads and triad of sadistic stoics, Confidential offers up some solid pulp.