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.
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Title: Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
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Cast
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| 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 | |
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Than Wyenn | ... | Rudy Shulak |
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Herbert Ellis | ... | Bedido (as Herb Ellis) |
| John Dennis | ... | Guy Bettenhouser | |
| 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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In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed Kelly gives in, even though this also means taking the thug's alcoholic girl as a singer. Kelly soon realises he has made a big mistake selling out in this way and that rich girl Ivy is now the only decent thing in his life. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s! See more »Parents Guide:
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31 July 1955 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$5,000,000, 31 December 1955Company Credits
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4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording) (magnetic prints)| Mono (RCA Sound Recording) (optical prints)Color:
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2.55 : 1
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Pete Kelly: Making tea.
Ivy Conrad: Could I have some?
Pete Kelly: You won't like it. I'm using water.
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"Pete Kelly's Blues" was originally a radio series created by Richard L. Breen and starring Jack Webb. It ran on NBC as a summer replacement series from July 4 to September 19, 1951. It later became a short-lived TV series (Pete Kelly's Blues (1959)), produced by Webb. See more »Quotes
Ivy Conrad: What are you doing?Pete Kelly: Making tea.
Ivy Conrad: Could I have some?
Pete Kelly: You won't like it. I'm using water.
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Very little to say that this movie doesn't say oh so very well. Jack Webb is definitely the Man. Disregard what others say about him being too stiff--how the hell else is someone supposed to get by in this cutthroat business of gangsters and con-men? Webb's stoicism is very much in the tradition of Joe Friday, no doubt about it. But as Pete Kelly, we get to see the tender side that had already been killed off by the daily drudgery of police work in Dragnet. Dig: the sincerity on his face while watching Ella perform. Dig: the do-or-die determination that gets him out of (and into) so many dangerous situations. Webb's performance gives us a hero worth rooting for: sincere, tough, unsentimental, and totally honest: no fakery here, no razzle-dazzle. He just does what he has to do. Enough words. Go see the movie!