---
title: 'Pete Kelly''s Blues (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jack Webb'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pete-kellys-blues-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048484/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

1955 · 95 min · Drama, Music, Romance, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Pete Kelly's Blues is a 1955 musical crime film based on the 1951 radio series of the same name. It was directed by and starred Jack Webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. Janet Leigh is featured as party girl Ivy Conrad, and Edmond O'Brien as a gangster who applies pressure to Kelly.
Peggy Lee portrays alcoholic jazz singer Rose Hopkins. Ella Fitzgerald makes a cameo as singer Maggie Jackson. Lee Marvin, Martin Milner, and Jayne Mansfield also make early career appearances.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jack Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-webb)
- **Producer:** [Jack Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-webb)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard L. Breen](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-l-breen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Arthur Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hamilton)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)

## Cast

- [Jayne Mansfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/jayne-mansfield)
- [Janet Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-leigh)
- [Lee Marvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-marvin)
- [Snub Pollard](https://cinepixo.com/people/snub-pollard)
- [Ella Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/ella-fitzgerald)
- [Hank Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-mann)
- [Edmond O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-o-brien)
- [Peggy Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/peggy-lee-2)
- [Andy Devine](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-devine)
- [John Dennis](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dennis)
- [Jack Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-webb)
- [Martin Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-milner)
- [Harry Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-morgan)

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