Pete Kelly's Blues
A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!
6.2(29) 1955-07-31 95 minCrimeDramaMusic
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.
DirectorJack Webb
ScreenplayRichard L. Breen
Original Music ComposerRay Heindorf
Original Music ComposerDavid Buttolph
Original Music ComposerMatty Matlock
ProducerJack Webb
Cast & characters
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
John Dennis
as Guy Bettenhouser
Jayne Mansfield
as Cigarette Girl
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Mort Marshall
as Cootie Jacobs
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Moe Schneider
as Trombonist (Big 7)
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George Van Eps
as Guitarist (Big 7)
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Ray Sherman
as Pianist (Big 7)
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Dick Cathcart
as Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double
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Matty Matlock
as Clarinetist (Big 7)
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Eddie Miller
as Saxophonist (Big 7)
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Nick Fatool
as Drummer (Big 7)
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Jud De Naut
as Bassist (Big 7)
Nesdon Booth
as Squat Henchman (uncredited)
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Perry Botkin Sr.
as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)
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Teddy Buckner
as Cornet Soloist (uncredited)
