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Pete Kelly's Blues(Movie, 1955)

1h 35min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Music
Pete Kelly's BluesRating: 3.0/5 (with 99 votes)
Pete Kelly's Blues is a 1955 musical crime film based on the 1951 radio series of the same name. 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 ... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Pete Kelly's Blues

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

About Pete Kelly's Blues

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Kansas City
Based on: "Pete Kelly's Blues" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 10 languages: Catalan (CA), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 07/31/1955
Director: Jack Webb
Producer: Jack Webb
Screenwriter: Richard L. Breen
Director of Photography: Harold Rosson
Composer: Arthur Hamilton

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