Pete Kelly's Blues
Pete Kelly's Blues

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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, although this also means taking the thug's alcoholic girl as a singer. Kelly soon realizes 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.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Pete Kelly's Blues:

Jack Webb
Janet Leigh
Edmond O'Brien
Peggy Lee
Andy Devine
Lee Marvin

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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, although this also means taking the thug's alcoholic girl as a singer. Kelly soon realizes 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.

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EmanuelLevy.Com - 7/10 by Emanuel LevyLike Love Me or Leave Me, also made in 1955, Webb's film is set in the golden age of Prohibition, mixing crime-gangster drama with great jazz music by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee, who received a Supporting Oscar nomination.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 6/10 by Dennis SchwartzTedious but well-photographed atmospheric jazz pic from the Prohibition era.
User Review - 10/10 by jay nFantastic for its day and catches the feel of the jazz age and the 5's new jazz age all at the same time.
User Review - 8/10 by Michael HJack Webb had some promise as a director! There's some nice photography in this picture and a terrific musical score. Interesting cast too!
User Review - 8/10 by Les EThe excellent story was backed by a fantastic sound track. The story developed really well as a band leader started to confront and overcome a mob boss who tried to control all the bands.
User Review - 8/10 by David HPete Kelly?s Blues and Dragnet ? Both films written by Richard Breen, and directed by Jack Webb, who also stars. [I]Pete Kelly?s Blues[/I] is about a band trying to be bought out by a producer so he can take their money, and [I]Dragnet[/I] is about a cop just trying to solve a basic case. [I]Pete Kelly?s Blues[/i] works much better as film, and is really pretty good, and while [I]Dragnet[/i] was fun, it just doesn?t work as a film, which makes sense since it started as a show, and ended as a show. Still fun though. [I]Pete Kelly?s Blues[/i]: A- [i]Dragnet[/i]: B Hard Times ? [I]Hard Times[/i] stars Charles Bronson, who looks like he?s drunk throughout the entire film, and James Coburn. Bronson is a street fighter, and Coburn is pretty much his manager, and sets him up fights and what. That?s pretty much it, and the film follows the two as they win more and more fights. It?s a really awesome film and has some great fight scenes in it. Check it out if you can get your hands on it. A Say Anything ? I?ve been catching up on my 80s films, so I finally watched this, and it was really great. Definitely the best teen romance I?ve seen. It was just so good! That?s it. A
User Review - 8/10 by Steve SA decent mob movie starring the ever stoic Jack Webb. Peggy Lee isn't too bad but she's only really in it for about ten minutes.
User Review - 6/10 by Sarah MJayne Mansfield makes a cameo in this film. Review coming soon.
User Review - 6/10 by Private UThis is not a great movie . It's a pretty predictable story but it's alot of fun to watch. Peggy Lee is great and Ella even has a small role. If you love the jazz films of the 50's then you should check it out.
User Review - 6/10 by Guy Sa good looking movie with some interesting camera work but sadly the plot is pretty ordinary. a musician gets muscled by a gangster for 25% of his take. he resists at first and as a result one of his band mates is gunned down. he gives then. the rest of the film he spends trying regain his dignity. the ending is pretty well done though, it's just that you have to sit through some fairly boring scenes to get to it.

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