Pete Kelly's Blues
Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

1955-07-31

(US) •

Crime,

Drama,

Music

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

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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.

Movie Cast

Pete Kelly's Blues

Jack Webb

Pete Kelly

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Janet Leigh

Ivy Conrad

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Edmond O'Brien

Fran McCarg

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Peggy Lee

Rose Hopkins

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Andy Devine

George Tenell

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Lee Marvin

Al Gannaway

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Ella Fitzgerald

Maggie Jackson

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Martin Milner

Joey Firestone

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Than Wyenn

Rudy Shulak

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Herbert Ellis

Bedido

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John Dennis

Guy Bettenhouser

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Jayne Mansfield

Cigarette Girl

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Mort Marshall

Cootie Jacobs

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Moe Schneider

Trombonist (Big 7)

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George Van Eps

Guitarist (Big 7)

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Ray Sherman

Pianist (Big 7)

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Dick Cathcart

Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double

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Matty Matlock

Clarinetist (Big 7)

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Eddie Miller

Saxophonist (Big 7)

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Nick Fatool

Drummer (Big 7)

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Jud De Naut

Bassist (Big 7)

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Nesdon Booth

Squat Henchman (uncredited)

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Perry Botkin Sr.

Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

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Teddy Buckner

Cornet Soloist (uncredited)

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Harper Goff

Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)

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Jester Hairston

Mourner (uncredited)

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Donald Kerr

Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)

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Hank Mann

Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)

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Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Waiter (uncredited)

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Joe Venuti

Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)