Pete Kelly's Blues(1955)
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.
Movie: Pete Kelly's Blues
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Pete Kelly
Ivy Conrad
Fran McCarg
Rose Hopkins
George Tenell
Al Gannaway
Maggie Jackson
Joey Firestone
Rudy Shulak
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