

Pete Kelly's Blues
“A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!”
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.
Top 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
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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