Los blues de Pete Kelly (1955)
Pete Kelly es un trompetista que toca con su banda de jazz, conocida como "Pete Kelly y sus Big Seven", en un local de Kansas City. Un día aparece por allí Frank McCarg, un mafioso que le exige ser su manager a cambio del 25% de las ganancias y de que su novia Rose cante en el grupo. Tras negarse, Frank asesina a uno de los amigos de Pete, por lo que esté decidirá aceptar sus condiciones, esperando tener en el futuro la oportunidad de vengarse de él...
Directora:
Jack Webb
Escritor:
Richard L. Breen
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Jack Webb as Pete Kelly |
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Janet Leigh as Ivy Conrad |
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Edmond O'Brien as Fran McCarg |
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Peggy Lee as Rose Hopkins |
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Andy Devine as George Tenell |
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Lee Marvin as Al Gannaway |
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Ella Fitzgerald as Maggie Jackson |
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Martin Milner as Joey Firestone |
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Than Wyenn as Rudy Shulak |
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Herbert Ellis as Bedido |
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John Dennis as Guy Bettenhouser |
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Jayne Mansfield as Cigarette Girl |
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Mort Marshall as Cootie Jacobs |
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Moe Schneider as Trombonist (Big 7) |
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George Van Eps as Guitarist (Big 7) |
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Ray Sherman as Pianist (Big 7) |
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Dick Cathcart as Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double |
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Matty Matlock as Clarinetist (Big 7) |
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Eddie Miller as Saxophonist (Big 7) |
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Nick Fatool as Drummer (Big 7) |
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Jud De Naut as Bassist (Big 7) |
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Nesdon Booth as Squat Henchman (uncredited) |
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Perry Botkin Sr. as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited) |
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Teddy Buckner as Cornet Soloist (uncredited) |
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Harper Goff as Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited) |
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Jester Hairston as Mourner (uncredited) |
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Donald Kerr as Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited) |
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Hank Mann as Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited) |
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Harry 'Snub' Pollard as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Joe Venuti as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jack Webb | Director |
| Writing | Richard L. Breen | Screenplay |
| Sound | Ray Heindorf | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Matty Matlock | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | David Buttolph | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Howard Shoup | Costume Design |
| Art | Feild M. Gray | Art Direction |
| Art | John Sturtevant | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Robert M. Leeds | Editor |
| Art | Harper Goff | Production Design |
| Production | Jack Webb | Producer |
| Lighting | James Potevin | Electrician |
| Sound | Leslie G. Hewitt | Sound |
| Sound | Dolph Thomas | Sound |
| Directing | Harry D'Arcy | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gene Martin | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stanley E. Campbell | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Helen Thurston | Stunts |
| Camera | Harold Rosson | Director of Photography |
