Synopsis
A drifter becomes both a bank robber and a hero in this crime thriller. Andrew McCarthy stars as Wade Corey, who hitches a ride on a freight train already occupied by Doyle Kennedy (Matt Dillon), a charming ex-con who convinces Wade to accompany him to his hometown. Once there, Wade realizes too late that Doyle is intent on robbing the local bank. After they are separated following the crime, Wade hides the money. Happening upon a drowning in progress, he saves a young girl who just happens to be the daughter of the state governor, and he becomes an unlikely hero. Finding work at a nearby farm, the meandering Wade becomes a hired hand, falls for the beautiful daughter (Leslie Hope) of his boss, and dreads the return of Doyle, who is sure to come looking for his money.
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Cast
- Matt DillonDoyle Kennedy
- Andrew McCarthyWade Corey
- Leslie HopeLori Bayles
- Jeffery Feaster
- Alan ToyNelson Alquist
- Andy RomanoFleener
- Kyra SedgwickProstituierte Drifter
- Brent JenningsBuckshot
- Brynn ThayerConnie
- Harry NorthupGovernor
Recommandations
- 50
Chicago Sun-Times
This movie has a screenplay written and filmed by people who must think nobody in the audience has ever seen a movie before. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Matt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy are engaging, but David Stevens’ overly conventional direction lacks the style to bring freshness and punch to Spencer Eastman’s complicated and drawn-out script. - 40
Washington Post
In Kansas, Andrew McCarthy and Matt Dillon have a way of taking pages of dialogue and making it sound like ... pages of dialogue. - 40
The New York Times
For a film so exhaustively loaded with silliness, Kansas is remarkably dull. [23 Sep 1988, p.C17] - 38
Miami Herald
McCarthy wanders around this movie like he's lost. You'll suffer the same fate in Kansas. [23 Sep 1988, p.E5] - 30
Time Out
An uneven blend of crime thriller and rural romance, this aims for an adult complexity but misses the target by a mile. - 25
TV Guide Magazine
Because the screenplay is more concerned with its formula plot than with character development, neither McCarthy nor Dillon offer any real insights into this theme. - 25
Chicago Tribune
In a film which can't seem to decide whether it's comedy or drama, folksy or sinister, every scene is played for ambivalence. The result is a definite maybe. [23 Sep 1988, p.L]
