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On the afternoon before the 1934 Democratic primary election in Kansas City, petty thief Johnny O'Hara botches a robbery of Sheepshan Red, a wealthy Black gambler on a semi-annual trip to the Hey Hey Club, local Black mob kingpin Seldom Seen's jazz club and casino.
Aug 16, 1996 · Kansas City: Directed by Robert Altman. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy. A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
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- Crime, Drama, Music
- Robert Altman
- 1996-08-16
Dec 16, 2019 · Watch the original trailer of Robert Altman's Kansas City, a jazz-infused crime drama set in the 1930s. Order the Blu-ray or DVD now.
- 2 min
- 15.5K
- Arrow Academy
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Aspiring thief Johnny (Dermot Mulroney) messes with the wrong man when he attempts to steal from Seldom Seen (Harry Belafonte), a Kansas City mob dynamo.
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- Robert Altman
- R
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
Aug 16, 1996 · His originality and invention pay off in “Kansas City,” his 31st film--a memory of the wide-open Depression era, circa 1934, when Boss Tom Pendergast ruled, jazz flourished, and the city boasted the largest red-light district in the country.
Set in the Prohibition-era of Altman’s own hometown, “Kansas City” is a partner piece to Altman’s “Thieves Like Us.” Both of them exist in a nostalgic dream for a time just a little before actual memory. Altman spins several plots of “Kansas” around two main narratives.
Robert Altman's jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930s Kansas City. When Blondie O'Hara's husband, a petty thief, is captured by Seldom Seen and held at the Hey Hey Club, she launches a desperate plan to release him.
