
Pete Kelly's Blues
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.
Pete Kelly's Blues
July 31, 1955
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Cast (30)

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)

Ray Sherman
Pianist (Big 7)

Dick Cathcart
Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double

Matty Matlock
Clarinetist (Big 7)

Eddie Miller
Saxophonist (Big 7)

Nick Fatool
Drummer (Big 7)

Jud De Naut
Bassist (Big 7)

Nesdon Booth
Squat Henchman (uncredited)

Perry Botkin Sr.
Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

Teddy Buckner
Cornet Soloist (uncredited)

Harper Goff
Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)

Jester Hairston
Mourner (uncredited)

Donald Kerr
Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Hank Mann
Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Waiter (uncredited)

Joe Venuti
Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)
Crew (20)
Directing

Jack Webb
Director

Harry D'Arcy
Assistant Director
Writing

Richard L. Breen
Screenplay
Production

Jack Webb
Producer
Sound

Ray Heindorf
Original Music Composer

David Buttolph
Original Music Composer

Leslie G. Hewitt
Sound

Dolph Thomas
Sound

Matty Matlock
Original Music Composer
Art
Camera

Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Gordon Bau
Makeup Artist

Howard Shoup
Costume Design

Stanley E. Campbell
Makeup Artist

Gene Martin
Wardrobe Master
Crew

Helen Thurston
Stunts
Editing

Robert M. Leeds
Editor
Lighting

James Potevin
Electrician