Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

ALL 07/31/1955 (en) Crime, Drama, Music 95 Min
  • Release
    07/31/1955
  • Production
    Warner Bros. Pictures, Mark VII Ltd.
  • Rotten tomato
    61%
  • Original title
    Pete Kelly's Blues
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Jack Webb

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Jack Webb

    Producer



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  1. Jack Webb

    Pete Kelly

  2. Janet Leigh

    Ivy Conrad

  3. Edmond O'Brien

    Fran McCarg

  4. Peggy Lee

    Rose Hopkins

  5. Andy Devine

    George Tenell

  6. Lee Marvin

    Al Gannaway

  7. Ella Fitzgerald

    Maggie Jackson

  8. Martin Milner

    Joey Firestone

  9. Than Wyenn

    Rudy Shulak

  10. Herbert Ellis

    Bedido (as Herb Ellis)

  11. John Dennis

    Guy Bettenhouser

  12. Jayne Mansfield

    Cigarette Girl

  13. Mort Marshall

    Cootie Jacobs

  14. Moe Schneider

    Trombonist (Big 7)

  15. George Van Eps

    Guitarist (Big 7)

  16. Ray Sherman

    Pianist (Big 7)

  17. Matty Matlock

    Clarinetist (Big 7)

  18. Eddie Miller

    Saxophonist (Big 7)

  19. Nick Fatool

    Drummer (Big 7)

  20. Jud De Naut

    Bassist (Big 7)

  21. Nesdon Booth

    Squat Henchman (uncredited)

  22. Perry Botkin Sr.

    Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

  23. Teddy Buckner

    Cornet Soloist (uncredited)

  24. Dick Cathcart

    Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double (uncredited)

  25. Harper Goff

    Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)

  26. Jester Hairston

    Mourner (uncredited)

  27. Donald Kerr

    Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)

  28. Hank Mann

    Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)

  29. Harry 'Snub' Pollard

    Waiter (uncredited)

  30. Joe Venuti

    Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 30 , Crews : 19

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Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) 95 Min

ALL 07/31/1955 (en)
Crime, Drama, Music
  • Release 07/31/1955
  • Production
    Warner Bros. Pictures, Mark VII Ltd.
  • Original title Pete Kelly's Blues
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Jack Webb

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Robert M. Leeds

    Editor

  4. Jack Webb

    Producer