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62% Critic Match
Pete Kelly's Blues
“A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!”
6.2 / 10• 1955• 1h 35m•NR• English
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Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jack Webb
Pete Kelly
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jack Webb's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Pete Kelly's Blues is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
