“A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!”
Pete Kelly's Blues
6.2
29 votes·1955
·1h 35m
·MovieCrimeDramaMusic
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.
Keywords
jazzprohibition eragangsterjazz singer or musicianhornextortionkansas cityspeakeasyprotection racketjazz bandband leader1920s
Cast
Jack Webb
Pete Kelly
Janet Leigh
Ivy Conrad
Edmond O'Brien
Fran McCarg
Peggy Lee
Rose Hopkins
Andy Devine
George Tenell
Lee Marvin
Al Gannaway
Ella Fitzgerald
Maggie Jackson
Martin Milner
Joey Firestone
Than Wyenn
Rudy Shulak
Herbert Ellis
Bedido
John Dennis
Guy Bettenhouser
Jayne Mansfield
Cigarette Girl
Mort Marshall
Cootie Jacobs
Moe Schneider
Trombonist (Big 7)
George Van Eps
Guitarist (Big 7)
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