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Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
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Overview
Release Date:
31 July 1955 (USA) moreTagline:
A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s! morePlot:
In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Actress Janet Leigh Dies at 77 (From IMDb News. 4 October 2004)
Peggy Lee's Family's Oscar Fury (From WENN. 5 April 2002)
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One of Peg's Greatest Moments moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Webb | ... | Pete Kelly |
 | Janet Leigh | ... | Ivy Conrad |
 | Edmond O'Brien | ... | Fran McCarg |
 | Peggy Lee | ... | Rose Hopkins |
 | Andy Devine | ... | George Tenell |
 | Lee Marvin | ... | Al Gannaway |
| Ella Fitzgerald | ... | Maggie Jackson |
| Martin Milner | ... | Joey Firestone |
| Than Wyenn | ... | Rudy Shulak |
| Herbert Ellis | ... | Bedido (as Herb Ellis) |
| John Dennis | ... | Guy Bettenhouser |
 | Jayne Mansfield | ... | Cigarette Girl |
| Mort Marshall | ... | Cootie Jacobs |
| Moe Schneider | ... | Band member (Big 7) |
| George Van Eps | ... | Guitarist (Big 7) |
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Parents Guide:
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95 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Warnercolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording) (optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording) (magnetic prints)Filming Locations:
Fleming Plantation, Lafitte, Louisiana, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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In August 1957, this film was being widely shown on a double bill with The Last Hunt (1956). moreSoundtrack:
Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine) moreFAQ
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Great Singer, reknowned composer, Peggy lee had a chance to really act and act she did in Pete Kellys Blues earning her an Oscar nomination and many fans...She died today (1/22/02), and the world is a lot less brighter.. This is one of the few glimpses we get to see her in her heydey, beautiful, young and talented... This film should be treasured for that alone plus some fine singing by not only Peg, but the great Ella Fitzgerald... for these reasons alone this flick is worth seeing buying and reissuing/ contrived maybe, poorly directed possibly but to see Peggy Lee on film singing and emoting, and earning an Oscar nom., that alone is worth the price/ also look for an ingenue, Jayne mansfield in the chorus... thank you Jack Webb also