Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

07/31/1955 (US) • 1h 35m

Crime, Drama, Music

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jack Webb

Pete Kelly

Janet Leigh

Ivy Conrad

Edmond O'Brien

Fran McCarg

Peggy Lee

Rose Hopkins

Andy Devine

George Tenell

Lee Marvin

Al Gannaway

Ella Fitzgerald

Maggie Jackson

Martin Milner

Joey Firestone

Than Wyenn

Rudy Shulak


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

jazz

prohibition era

gangster

jazz singer or musician

horn

extortion

kansas city

speakeasy

protection racket

jazz band

band leader

1920s

alcoholic woman

cornetist

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