Kansas City Confidential

"I know a sure cure for a nosebleed: a cold knife in the middle of the back."

"That was a sucker move, burning down your boss. You had him all wrong. He never crossed you."

"What makes a two-bit heel like you think a heater would give him an edge over me?"

"What's waiting for you, Harris? The chair, the gas chamber, or just a rope?"

"It don't take no big thinking to figure a couple of guys like us ain't in this bananaville on a vacation!"

"Exploding! Like a gun in your face!"

"Every city wears a mask! This is the picture that goes behind that mask to bare the bullet-scarred face of a brutal underworld!"

"John Payne - Joe Rolfe/Peter Harris"

"Coleen Gray - Helen Foster aka Pumpkin"

"Preston Foster - Tim Foster"

"Neville Brand - Boyd Kane"

"Lee Van Cleef - Tony Romano"

"Jack Elam - Pete Harris aka Johnson"

"Dona Drake - Teresa"

"Mario Siletti - Tomaso"

"Howard Negley - Andrews"

"Carleton Young - Martin"