Pete Kelly's Blues

A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!

Duration: 95 min

Release date: 1955-07-31

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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.

Crime Drama Music

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as Rose Hopkins

as George Tenell

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

as Maggie Jackson

as Joey Firestone

as Guy Bettenhouser

Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield

as Cigarette Girl

as Cootie Jacobs

as Trombonist (Big 7)

as Guitarist (Big 7)

as Pianist (Big 7)

as Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double

as Clarinetist (Big 7)

as Saxophonist (Big 7)

as Drummer (Big 7)

as Bassist (Big 7)

as Squat Henchman (uncredited)

Perry Botkin Sr.

Perry Botkin Sr.

as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

as Cornet Soloist (uncredited)

as Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)

Jester Hairston

Jester Hairston

as Mourner (uncredited)

as Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)

as Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

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Richard L. Breen

Richard L. Breen

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Robert M. Leeds

Robert M. Leeds

Production Design

John Sturtevant

John Sturtevant

Stanley E. Campbell

Stanley E. Campbell

Assistant Director

Leslie G. Hewitt

Leslie G. Hewitt

Wardrobe Master

Director of Photography

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