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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| 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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kansas city missouri | psychotronic film | speakeasy | jazz band | gangster |Taglines:
It was the jazz-mad wide open '20s-great music, bad booze-and a bullet if you didn't jump for the mob. This is the story of a man who wouldn't jump. See more »Parents Guide:
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31 July 1955 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$2,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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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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(uncredited)
Written by Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons and Richard A. Whiting
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In August 1957, this film was being widely shown on a double bill with The Last Hunt (1956). 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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Breezin' Along With the Breeze(uncredited)
Written by Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons and Richard A. Whiting
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There are some wonderful things in this, foremost Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee spreading their special brands of magic, both are luminous. The music is good and Andy Devine, without his trademark voice, is a revelation in a gritty part as a dogged cop. Edmond O'Brien could play the venal gangster like few others. All these are highly enjoyable but stuck in the center is the absolutely awful Jack Webb, the man makes a blank wall look expressive and that a beauty like Janet Leigh would go to such lengths to catch him makes her seem either seriously misguided or a total idiot. Still for the great stuff contained within its worth at least a view.