Ilus W. Davis
Ilus Winfield Davis (April 22, 1917 – September 4, 1996) was mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1963 to 1971.
"Ike" Davis grew up on the east side of Kansas City and in 1933 was in the freshman class of the University of Kansas City which was to become the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
He was instrumental in founding the student newspaper the "University News.
" He was to get a law degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and served in the Army during World War II.
Davis was elected Kansas City mayor by 1,810 votes in nearly 110,000 cast in 1963.
He oversaw the bond issue to build Kansas City International Airport and pushed for construction of the Truman Sports Complex for the Kansas City Chiefs and eventually the Kansas City Royals.
He dealt with labor strife during the construction of the two projects and the 1968 Kansas City riot following the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King.
In April 1968 following the King assassination Davis met with a large group of inner city school students on the steps of City Hall.
A police officer fired tear gas canister into the crowd and a riot erupted in which five were to die.
R. J. Adams
R. J. Adams, also known as Bob Shannon( September 20, 1942 – January 26, 2015), was a Canadian- American film and television actor, acting coach, screen writer, film producer, documentary producer and radio personality.
Jeff King (baseball)
Jeffrey Wayne King( born December 26, 1964) is a former professional baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals.
Kansas City Confidential
Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 American film noir and crime film directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne and Coleen Gray.
The film was released in the United Kingdom as The Secret Four.
Karlson and Payne teamed a year later for" 99 River Street", another film noir, followed by" Hell's Island", a film noir in color.
This film is now in the public domain.
Charles Bruffy
Charles Bruffy( born 1958) is an American choral conductor.
He is artistic director of the Kansas City Chorale in Kansas City, Missouri, and is Chorus Director of the Kansas City Symphony.
He lives in Kansas City.
Rick DeHart
Richard Allen" Rick" DeHart( born March 21, 1970) is a former left- handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.
He played for the Montreal Expos and Kansas City Royals.
He is currently the pitching coach for the Kansas City T- Bones.
The Final Journey
The Final Journey is a 2010 documentary that chronicles the largest of the Nazi concentration camps that were scattered throughout Germany during the Third Reich.
Created and directed by the film maker R. J. Adams and narrated by Paul Kirby, the program focuses entirely on who played key roles and howin their contribution to the tragedy of the Holocaust.
Phil Karlson
Phil Karlson( born Philip N. Karlstein; July 2, 1908 – December 12, 1982) was an American film director.
Karlson directed" 99 River StreetKansas City Confidential" and" Hell's Island", all with actor John Payne, in the early 1950s.
Other films include" The Texas Rangers"( 1951)," The Phenix City Story"( 1955)," 5 Against the House"( 1955)," Gunman's Walk"( 1958)," The Young Doctors"( 1961) and" Walking Tall"( 1973).
Turner W. Bell
Turner W. Bell was a famous African- American lawyer who worked on thousands of legal cases in Leavenworth and Kansas City, Missouri.
Walker Lee Ashley
Walker Lee Ashley( born July 28, 1960) is a retired American football linebacker who played in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs.

Question: Are the directors of both films The Final Journey and Kansas City Confidential from the same country?
Answer: yes