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Director:
Jack Webb
Writer:
Richard L. Breen (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
31 July 1955 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Music more
Tagline:
A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s! more
Plot:
In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Actress Janet Leigh Dies at 77
 (From IMDb News. 4 October 2004)
Peggy Lee's Family's Oscar Fury
 (From WENN. 5 April 2002)
User Comments:
One of Peg's Greatest Moments more (22 total)

Cast

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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
Than Wyenn ... Rudy Shulak
Herbert Ellis ... Bedido (as Herb Ellis)
John Dennis ... Guy Bettenhouser

Jayne Mansfield ... Cigarette Girl
Mort Marshall ... Cootie Jacobs
Moe Schneider ... Band member (Big 7)
George Van Eps ... Guitarist (Big 7)
Ray Sherman ... Band member (Big 7)
Matty Matlock ... Band member (Big 7)
Eddie Miller ... Band member (Big 7)
Nick Fatool ... Drummer (Big 7)
Jud De Naut ... Bassist (Big 7)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Abney ... Piano Player (uncredited)
Perry Bodkin ... Tuxedo Band member (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth ... Squat henchman (uncredited)
Teddy Buckner ... Cornet Soloist (uncredited)
Dick Cathcart ... Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double (uncredited)
Harper Goff ... Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)
Jester Hairston ... Mourner, Pre-Credit Sequence (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ... Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)
William Lazeras ... Dako (uncredited)
Hank Mann ... Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Harry Morgan ... (uncredited)
'Snub' Pollard ... Waiter (uncredited)
Herman S. Saunders ... Pianist at Jazz Club (uncredited)
Joe Venuti ... Tuxedo Band member (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jack Webb 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Richard L. Breen  writer

Produced by
Jack Webb .... producer
 
Original Music by
Arthur Hamilton 
 
Cinematography by
Harold Rosson  (as Hal Rosson)
 
Film Editing by
Robert M. Leeds 
 
Production Design by
Harper Goff 
 
Art Direction by
Feild M. Gray  (as Feild Gray)
 
Set Decoration by
John Sturtevant 
 
Costume Design by
Howard Shoup 
 
Makeup Department
Gordon Bau .... makeup artist
Stanley E. Campbell .... makeup artist (as Stanley Campbell)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Harry D'Arcy .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Leslie G. Hewitt .... sound
Dolph Thomas .... sound
 
Stunts
Helen Thurston .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
James Potevin .... chief set electrician
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gene Martin .... wardrober
 
Music Department
Teddy Buckner .... musician: cornet
W.C. Handy .... composer: song "Oh, Didn't He Ramble"
Marry Matlock .... music arranger (as Matty Matlock)
David Buttolph .... composer: incidental music (uncredited)
Frank Comstock .... conductor (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Harry B. Friedman .... publicist (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Warnercolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording) (magnetic prints) | Mono (RCA Sound Recording) (optical prints)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG
Filming Locations:
Fleming Plantation, Lafitte, Louisiana, USA
Company:
Mark VII Ltd. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In August 1957, this film was being widely shown on a double bill with The Last Hunt (1956). more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Colgate Comedy Hour: (#5.33)" (1955) more
Soundtrack:
Bye Bye Blackbird more

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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
One of Peg's Greatest Moments, 22 January 2002
9/10
Author: olddiscs from Fords, NJ

Great Singer, reknowned composer, Peggy lee had a chance to really act and act she did in Pete Kellys Blues earning her an Oscar nomination and many fans...She died today (1/22/02), and the world is a lot less brighter.. This is one of the few glimpses we get to see her in her heydey, beautiful, young and talented... This film should be treasured for that alone plus some fine singing by not only Peg, but the great Ella Fitzgerald... for these reasons alone this flick is worth seeing buying and reissuing/ contrived maybe, poorly directed possibly but to see Peggy Lee on film singing and emoting, and earning an Oscar nom., that alone is worth the price/ also look for an ingenue, Jayne mansfield in the chorus... thank you Jack Webb also

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