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Pete Kelly's Blues

Directed by Jack Webb
1955    1h 35m    Not Rated
Drama, Crime, Music,
6.360%42%
In 1927 Kansas City, Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed Kelly gives in, although this also means taking the thug's alcoholic girl as a singer. Kelly soon realizes he has made a big mistake selling out in this way, and that rich girl Ivy is now the only decent thing in his life.
Cast of Pete Kelly's Blues
  • Jack WebbPete Kelly
  • Janet LeighIvy Conrad
  • Edmond O'BrienFran McCarg
  • Peggy LeeRose Hopkins
  • Andy DevineGeorge Tenell
  • Lee MarvinAl Gannaway
  • Ella FitzgeraldMaggie Jackson
  • Martin MilnerJoey Firestone
  • Than WyennRudy Shulak
  • Herbert EllisBedido (as Herb Ellis)
  • John DennisGuy Bettenhouser
  • Jayne MansfieldCigarette Girl
  • Mort MarshallCootie Jacobs
  • Moe SchneiderTrombonist (Big 7)
  • George Van EpsGuitarist (Big 7)
  • Ray ShermanPianist (Big 7)
  • Matty MatlockClarinetist (Big 7)
  • Eddie MillerSaxophonist (Big 7)
  • Nick FatoolDrummer (Big 7)
  • Jud De NautBassist (Big 7)
  • Nesdon BoothSquat Henchman (uncredited)
  • Perry Botkin Sr.Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)
  • Teddy BucknerCornet Soloist (uncredited)
  • Dick CathcartTrumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double (uncredited)
  • Harper GoffTuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)
  • Jester HairstonMourner (uncredited)
  • Donald KerrDrunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)
  • Hank MannArgumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)
  • Harry 'Snub' PollardWaiter (uncredited)
  • Joe VenutiTuxedo Band Member (uncredited)
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