Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues

95 mins | Drama, Crime, Music | July 31, 1955

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.

Pete Kelly's Blues

95 mins | Drama, Crime, Music | July 31, 1955

Pete Kelly's Blues
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Mark VII Ltd.
Original title Pete Kelly's Blues
Directors Harry D'Arcy, Jack Webb
Writers Richard L. Breen

Cast

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

John Dennis

as Guy Bettenhouser

Jayne Mansfield

as Cigarette Girl

Mort Marshall

as Cootie Jacobs

Moe Schneider

as Trombonist (Big 7)

George Van Eps

as Guitarist (Big 7)

Ray Sherman

as Pianist (Big 7)

Matty Matlock

as Clarinetist (Big 7)

Eddie Miller

as Saxophonist (Big 7)

Nick Fatool

as Drummer (Big 7)

Jud De Naut

as Bassist (Big 7)

Nesdon Booth

as Squat Henchman (uncredited)

Perry Botkin Sr.

as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

Teddy Buckner

as Cornet Soloist (uncredited)

Dick Cathcart

as Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double (uncredited)

Harper Goff

as Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)

Jester Hairston

as Mourner (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

as Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Hank Mann

as Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Waiter (uncredited)

Joe Venuti

as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)