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Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!

6.2(29)1h 35mJuly 31, 1955

Crime Drama Music

Jack Webb

Director

Richard L. Breen

Writer

Rate

Diary

Overview

In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.

Cast

Jack Webb

Pete Kelly

Janet Leigh

Ivy Conrad

Edmond O'Brien

Fran McCarg

Peggy Lee

Rose Hopkins

Pete Kelly's Blues · Cinemalant

Andy Devine

George Tenell

Lee Marvin

Al Gannaway

Ella Fitzgerald

Maggie Jackson

Martin Milner

Joey Firestone

Than Wyenn

Rudy Shulak

Herbert Ellis

Bedido

John Dennis

Guy Bettenhouser

Jayne Mansfield

Cigarette Girl

Nesdon Booth

Squat Henchman (uncredited)

Harper Goff

Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)

Jester Hairston

Mourner (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: July 31, 1955
Production: Mark VII
Country: United States of America

Keywords

jazzprohibition eragangsterjazz singer or musicianhornextortionkansas cityspeakeasyprotection racketjazz bandband leader1920salcoholic womancornetist

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