Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

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Summary: In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed Kelly gives in, even though this also means taking the thug's alcoholic girl as a singer. Kelly soon realises he has made a big mistake selling out in this way and that rich girl Ivy is now the only decent thing in his life. (imdb)

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Genres: Drama, Crime, Musical

Country: USA

Directed By: Jack Webb

Written By: Richard L. Breen

Starring: Lee Marvin, Janet Leigh, Jack Webb, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, Ella Fitzgerald

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na	Gordon Cole	71	T₆
na	imdb	67	T₆
na	xacviant	78	T₄
Jack Webb's ode to the 20s jazz scene in Kansas City has flashes of greatness throughout: when Webb (as Pete Kelly) and Janet Leigh dance by the light of a disco ball, it's breathtaking, not unlike the insane asylum sequence, with a haunting long take and striking sound design. The plot is fairly puny, but the acting is solid (Webb's performance, generally derided, is perfectly fine), and Webb's invention as a director keeps one watching. Also: the only film I know that references Coffeyville.
na	Gody85	38	T₃