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  1. Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  2. Pete Kelly's Blues: Directed by Jack Webb. With Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee. 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.

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    • Crime, Drama, Music
    • Jack Webb
    • 1955-07-31
  3. Ella Fitzgerald makes a cameo as singer Maggie Jackson. Lee Marvin, Martin Milner, and Jayne Mansfield also make early career appearances.

  4. Maggie Jackson : Up in the still, somebody waitin' for you. Pete Kelly : Well, who is it?

  5. The series lasted only three months, but inspired a 1955 film version of Pete Kelly's Blues, in which Jack Webb produced, directed and starred. It used many of the same musicians, including Cathcart, and Ella Fitzgerald was cast as Maggie Jackson.

  6. Reminding them of previous failed attempts to dissuade racketeers, Pete announces that he plans to pay McCarg. After being warned by singer Maggie Jackson that a policeman is looking for him, Pete is waylaid by detective George Tenell. The tough cop wants Pete's help in building a case against McCarg, but Pete refuses.

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  8. 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.

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