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Pete Kelly's Blues

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Pete Kelly's Blues

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

6.1

1h 35m

1955

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

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jack Webb

CrimeDramaMusic

jazzprohibition eragangsterjazz singer or musicianhornextortionkansas cityspeakeasyprotection racketjazz bandband leader1920s

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Cast & Crew

Jack Webb

Jack Webb

as Pete Kelly

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

as Ivy Conrad

Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien

as Fran McCarg

Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee

as Rose Hopkins

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

as George Tenell

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

as Al Gannaway

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

as Maggie Jackson

Martin Milner

Martin Milner

as Joey Firestone

Than Wyenn

Than Wyenn

as Rudy Shulak

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