Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
6.1|31 Jul, 1955|95 min
A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!
6.1|31 Jul, 1955|95 min
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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.
Keywords
jazz
prohibition era
gangster
jazz singer or musician
horn
extortion
kansas city
speakeasy
protection racket
jazz band
band leader
1920s
alcoholic woman
cornetist
Casts
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
Herbert Ellis
Bedido
John Dennis
Guy Bettenhouser
Jayne Mansfield
Cigarette Girl
Mort Marshall
Cootie Jacobs
Moe Schneider
Trombonist (Big 7)
George Van Eps
Guitarist (Big 7)
Ray Sherman
Pianist (Big 7)
Dick Cathcart
Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double
Matty Matlock
Clarinetist (Big 7)
Eddie Miller
Saxophonist (Big 7)
Nick Fatool
Drummer (Big 7)
Jud De Naut
Bassist (Big 7)
Nesdon Booth
Squat Henchman (uncredited)
Perry Botkin Sr.
Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)
Teddy Buckner
Cornet Soloist (uncredited)
Harper Goff
Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
Mourner (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Waiter (uncredited)
Joe Venuti
Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)
Crews
Jack Webb
Director
Richard L. Breen
Screenplay
Ray Heindorf
Original Music Composer
Matty Matlock
Original Music Composer
David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Howard Shoup
Costume Design
Feild M. Gray
Art Direction
John Sturtevant
Set Decoration
Robert M. Leeds
Editor
Harper Goff
Production Design
Jack Webb
Producer
James Potevin
Electrician
Leslie G. Hewitt
Sound
Dolph Thomas
Sound
Harry D'Arcy
Assistant Director
Gordon Bau
Makeup Artist
Gene Martin
Wardrobe Master
Stanley E. Campbell
Makeup Artist
Helen Thurston
Stunts
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Backdrops & Posters
