Kansas City Confidential

1952 directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne, Preston Foster, Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand, Jack Elam and Coleen Gray in the girl part. WWII vet and all-around tough guy John Payne gets set up for an armed robbery. He loses his job delivering pansies, (flowers not gay-boys) and is thrown in the slammer for several days, where the dumbo-cops rough him up while attempting to make him spill the beans. Duly chagrined after being let out, he sets out to find the four filthy mugs who set him up.