Pete Kelly's Blues
1955-07-31In 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.

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.

Pete Kelly
Jack Webb

Ivy Conrad
Janet Leigh

Fran McCarg
Edmond O'Brien

Rose Hopkins
Peggy Lee

George Tenell
Andy Devine

Al Gannaway
Lee Marvin

Maggie Jackson
Ella Fitzgerald

Joey Firestone
Martin Milner

Rudy Shulak
Than Wyenn

Bedido
Herbert Ellis

Guy Bettenhouser
John Dennis

Cigarette Girl
Jayne Mansfield
Cootie Jacobs
Mort Marshall
Trombonist (Big 7)
Moe Schneider
Guitarist (Big 7)
George Van Eps
Pianist (Big 7)
Ray Sherman
Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double
Dick Cathcart
Clarinetist (Big 7)
Matty Matlock
Saxophonist (Big 7)
Eddie Miller
Drummer (Big 7)
Nick Fatool
Bassist (Big 7)
Jud De Naut
Squat Henchman (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)
Perry Botkin Sr.
Cornet Soloist (uncredited)
Teddy Buckner

Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)
Harper Goff
Mourner (uncredited)
Jester Hairston

Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Donald Kerr

Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Hank Mann

Waiter (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)
Joe Venuti