Pete Kelly's Blues

Jul 31, 1955

1h 35m

★ 6.1

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

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Mark VII Ltd.

Pete Kelly's Blues Trailers

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Cast

Pete Kelly

Jack Webb

Ivy Conrad

Janet Leigh

Fran McCarg

Edmond O'Brien

Rose Hopkins

Peggy Lee

George Tenell

Andy Devine

Al Gannaway

Lee Marvin

Maggie Jackson

Ella Fitzgerald

Joey Firestone

Martin Milner

Rudy Shulak

Than Wyenn

Bedido

Herbert Ellis

Guy Bettenhouser

John Dennis

Cigarette Girl

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