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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!

95 minCrimeDramaMusic
TMDb6.2/1029 votes

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.

Country: United States

Director: Jack Webb

Cast

Jack Webb as Pete Kelly

Jack Webb

Pete Kelly

Janet Leigh as Ivy Conrad

Janet Leigh

Ivy Conrad

Edmond O'Brien as Fran McCarg

Edmond O'Brien

Fran McCarg

Peggy Lee as Rose Hopkins

Peggy Lee

Rose Hopkins

Andy Devine as George Tenell

Andy Devine

George Tenell

Lee Marvin as Al Gannaway

Lee Marvin

Al Gannaway

Ella Fitzgerald as Maggie Jackson

Ella Fitzgerald

Maggie Jackson

Martin Milner as Joey Firestone

Martin Milner

Joey Firestone

Than Wyenn as Rudy Shulak

Than Wyenn

Rudy Shulak

Herbert Ellis as Bedido

Herbert Ellis

Bedido

John Dennis as Guy Bettenhouser

John Dennis

Guy Bettenhouser

Jayne Mansfield as Cigarette Girl

Jayne Mansfield

Cigarette Girl

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Mort Marshall

Cootie Jacobs

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Moe Schneider

Trombonist (Big 7)

Keywords

Plot:jazzgangsterjazz singer or musicianhornextortionspeakeasyprotection racketjazz bandband leaderalcoholic womancornetist
Time:prohibition era1920s
Place:kansas city

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