Pete Kelly's Blues

A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!

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.

Crime Drama Music

Jack Webb

Janet Leigh

Edmond O'Brien

Peggy Lee

Andy Devine

(George Tenell)

Lee Marvin

Ella Fitzgerald

(Maggie Jackson)

Martin Milner

(Joey Firestone)

Than Wyenn

Herbert Ellis

John Dennis

(Guy Bettenhouser)

Jayne Mansfield

(Cigarette Girl)

Mort Marshall

(Cootie Jacobs)

Moe Schneider

(Trombonist (Big 7))

George Van Eps

(Guitarist (Big 7))

Ray Sherman

(Pianist (Big 7))

Dick Cathcart

(Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double)

Matty Matlock

(Clarinetist (Big 7))

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))

Harper Goff

(Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited))

Jester Hairston

(Mourner (uncredited))

Donald Kerr

(Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited))

Hank Mann

(Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited))

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

(Waiter (uncredited))

Joe Venuti

(Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited))