Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

  • NR
  • 07/31/1955 (US)
  • Crime, Drama, Music
  • 1h 35m

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.

Jack Webb

Director

Richard L. Breen

Screenplay

Cast

Jack Webb's headshot

Jack Webb

Pete Kelly
Janet Leigh's headshot

Janet Leigh

Ivy Conrad
Edmond O'Brien's headshot

Edmond O'Brien

Fran McCarg
Peggy Lee's headshot

Peggy Lee

Rose Hopkins
Andy Devine's headshot

Andy Devine

George Tenell
Lee Marvin's headshot

Lee Marvin

Al Gannaway
Ella Fitzgerald's headshot

Ella Fitzgerald

Maggie Jackson
Martin Milner's headshot

Martin Milner

Joey Firestone

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