Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
July 31, 1955Release Date
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
July 31, 1955Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
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
John Dennis
Guy Bettenhouser
Herbert Ellis
Bedido
Jayne Mansfield
Cigarette Girl
Mort Marshall
Cootie Jacobs
Richard L. Breen
Writer
Moe Schneider
Trombonist (Big 7)
George Van Eps
Guitarist (Big 7)
Harold Rosson
Cinematographer
Ray Sherman
Pianist (Big 7)
Robert M. Leeds
Editor
Matty Matlock
Clarinetist (Big 7)
Harper Goff
ProductionDesigner
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)
Dick Cathcart
Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
Mourner (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Waiter (uncredited)
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Pete Kelly's Blues is a 1955 musical crime film based on the 1951 radio series. It was directed by and starred Jack Webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. Janet Leigh is featured as party girl Ivy Conrad, and Edmond O'Brien as a gangster who applies pressure to Kelly.
Peggy Lee portrays alcoholic jazz singer Rose Hopkins (a performance for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role). Ella Fitzgerald makes a cameo as singer Maggie Jackson. Lee Marvin, Martin Milner, and Jayne Mansfield also make early career appearances.
Much of the dialogue was written by writers who wrote the radio series Pat Novak for Hire (1946–1949), and the radio version of Pete Kelly's Blues (1951), both of which Webb starred in for a time before creating Dragnet.