Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

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

  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
  • Release Date: 1955-07-31
  • User Rating: 6.1/10 from 24 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Jack Webb
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Summary

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.

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  • 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 (as Herb Ellis)

  • John Dennis

    as Guy Bettenhouser

  • Jayne Mansfield

    as Cigarette Girl

  • Mort Marshall

    as Cootie Jacobs

  • Moe Schneider

    as Trombonist (Big 7)

  • George Van Eps

    as Guitarist (Big 7)

  • Ray Sherman

    as Pianist (Big 7)

  • Matty Matlock

    as Clarinetist (Big 7)

  • Eddie Miller

    as Saxophonist (Big 7)

  • Nick Fatool

    as Drummer (Big 7)

  • Jud De Naut

    as Bassist (Big 7)

  • Nesdon Booth

    as Squat Henchman (uncredited)

  • Perry Botkin Sr.

    as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

  • Teddy Buckner

    as Cornet Soloist (uncredited)

  • Dick Cathcart

    as Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double (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)

  • Harry 'Snub' Pollard

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Joe Venuti

    as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)
Directing Jack Webb Director
Writing Richard L. Breen Screenplay
Production Jack Webb Producer
Sound David Buttolph Music
Sound Ray Heindorf Music
Editing Robert M. Leeds Editor
Crew Harold Rosson Cinematography
Art Harper Goff Production Design
Art Feild M. Gray Art Direction
Art John Sturtevant Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Howard Shoup Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Gordon Bau Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Stanley E. Campbell Makeup Artist
Directing Harry D'Arcy Assistant Director
Sound Leslie G. Hewitt Sound
Sound Dolph Thomas Sound
Crew Helen Thurston Stunts
Lighting James Potevin Electrician
Costume & Make-Up Gene Martin Wardrobe Master

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