Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!
95 min
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.
- Release date
- July 31, 1955
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Jack Webb as Pete Kelly
- Janet Leigh as Ivy Conrad
- Edmond O'Brien as Fran McCarg
- Peggy Lee as Rose Hopkins
- Andy Devine as George Tenell
- Lee Marvin as Al Gannaway
- Ella Fitzgerald as Maggie Jackson
- Martin Milner as Joey Firestone
- Than Wyenn as Rudy Shulak
- Herbert Ellis as Bedido
- John Dennis as Guy Bettenhouser
- Jayne Mansfield as Cigarette Girl
- Mort Marshall as Cootie Jacobs
- Dick Cathcart as Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double
- Nesdon Booth as Squat Henchman (uncredited)
- Harper Goff as Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)
- Jester Hairston as Mourner (uncredited)
- Donald Kerr as Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)
- Hank Mann as Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)
- 'Snub' Pollard as Waiter (uncredited)
Crew
- Jack Webb · Director
- Richard L. Breen · Writer
- Jack Webb · Producer
- Harold Rosson · Cinematographer
- Robert M. Leeds · Editor
- Harper Goff · Production designer