kansas city

Director: robert altman

Actor: jennifer jason leigh,miranda richardson,harry belafonte,michael murphy

Data Published: Wed May 15 1996

Genres: Crime,Drama,Music,Thriller

Key Words: 1930s,kansas city missouri,female frontal nudity,breasts,scantily clad female

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116745/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_(1996_film)

Description: Kansas City is a movie starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, and Harry Belafonte. A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Plot: A kidnapping goes down in 1934 Kansas City. Blondie O'Hara's (Leigh) petty thief husband Johnny is taken by gangster "Seldom Seen" and held prisoner at the Hey Hey Club, one of the hot spots of the Kansas City jazz scene. Blondie herself kidnaps Mrs. Stilton, the wife of a local politician, played by Michael Murphy; Mrs. Stilton is addicted to laudanum (an opium liquid) and has secrets of her own. Blondie's plan is to blackmail Mr. Stilton into helping to free Johnny. Despite the risk to his re-election campaign, Mr. Stilton does everything he can in order to free his wife by saving Johnny. Meanwhile, Mrs. Stilton comes to befriend Blondie. She is impressed by Blondie's devotion to her husband, contrasted to her own loveless marriage. A subplot concerns political fixer Johnny Flynn (Buscemi) paying vagrants and addicts to vote in the upcoming election and sway the outcome.