Kansas City

Kansas City

1996 · 116 min · EN · 6.3 (72 votes)
Dir. Robert Altman · Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney, Steve Buscemi

Kansas City, 1934. Anything could happen here. One night it did.

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A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

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This film plunges you into a smoky, jazz-infused 1930s Kansas City. It's a world of backroom deals and political machinations, where every conversation feels loaded and danger lurks beneath the surface. The atmosphere is thick with corruption and a palpable sense of unease.

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