- HD 1080
- Runtime: 95m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Jack Webb
- Stars: Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine
- keywords: jazz, prohibition era, kansas city, speakeasy, jazz band, 1920s
- Production_studio: Mark VII Ltd.
- Slogan: A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!
- providers: TCM
- The Pete Kelly's Blues is featured in the top rankings of 1955
- #87 in Top Drama Movies of 1955
- #29 in Top Crime Movies of 1955
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.