EMDB > All Movies > P > Pete Kelly's Blues
bar orange to black
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)  link to Pete Kelly's Blues on IMDb  

Number: 2253

cover Pete Kelly's Blues

IMDb Rating:
starstarstarstarstarstarstarstarstarstar
6.5/10 (895 votes)

Country: United States, 95 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Drama, Music, Crime

Director(s): Jack Webb

Storyline:
In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed Kelly gives in, even though this also means taking the thug's alcoholic girl as a singer. Kelly soon realises he has made a big mistake selling out in this way and that rich girl Ivy is now the only decent thing in his life.

Cast:

Jack Webb Pete Kelly
Janet Leigh Ivy Conrad
Edmond O'Brien Fran McCarg
Peggy Lee Rose Hopkins
Andy Devine George Tenell

Medium: DVD5,

Location: Drawer 19 Slot 68

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.55:1