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.
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Cast
30 people
Jack Webb
Pete Kelly
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Jack Webb Director · Richard L. Breen Screenplay David Buttolph Composer
Worldwide gross $5M · Budget $2M · United States release July 31, 1955
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,000,000
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
Mark VII
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 31, 1955
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