Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

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Pete Kelly's Blues
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Directed by	Webb, Jack
Cast	Jud De Naut, John Dennis, Andy Devine, Herbert Ellis, Nick Fatool, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Janet Leigh, Jayne Mansfield, Lee Marvin, Martin Milner, Edmond O'Brien and Jack Webb
Theatrical Release	July 31, 1955
DVD Release	July 22, 2008
Running Time	95 minutes
MPAA Rating	NR (Not Rated)
UPC Code	883929003280
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About Pete Kelly's Blues

A Kansas City singer and his jazz band bow down to pressure from a local gangster and take on the thug's alcoholic girlfriend as a singer.

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(23 reviews)

Worth watching!

This little film tries successfully to look like a big production. It surely has lots of weak moments but they don't count because it has so many unforgettable ones: Take it's soundtrack, the finale, Peggy Lee's performance, the scenes in the dance hall and the use of CinemaScope in some shots - and you have a first rate, terribly underrated film.
Watched it once on a big screen. That is unforgettable. Watching it on DVD reminds me how great it was watching it in the cinema. November 15, 2008

very good

although a B movie peggy lee and ella are WOW and the music great plus the little bit of a young jayne mansfield really brings this flic up several notches, it was great to see it again after all these years September 7, 2008

A 50s favorite!

Saw it new as a child, loved it for some strange reason - music, acting, Peggy Lee, Ella, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin, Jack Webb's crewcut? I dunno, but I've seen it a dozen times in my life and still treasure it as one of my all-time 50s favorites! August 23, 2008

Webb's Pete based on another Pete?

Apparently, when Jack Webb was creating PETE KELLY he would regularly watch Hollywood-based cornetist PETE DAILY and his band to assimilate the mannerisms and attitudes of a similar musician. Recordings by Matty Matlock's band were so popular that the group made concert appearances billed as PETE KELLY'S BIG SEVEN supported, ironically, by PETE DAILY'S DIXIELANDERS!Great to have PETE KELLY'S BLUES on DVD after all these years, in any format. Now what about re-releasing the PETE KELLY BIG SEVEN recordings? Not to mention those infectious PETE DAILY & HIS CHICAGOANS tracks. August 18, 2008

la carendi le me cantos!

of course jack webb is master of monotone one liners, yes janet leigh carries him,yes he's not much of an actor, but story and nostagia make this par excellance. with webb's impeccable timing and imagination for those one liners makes the movie move on. o yea, give ella bout a dozen kisses! July 31, 2008

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