---
title: 'St. Louis Blues (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Allen Reisner'
released: '1958-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/st-louis-blues-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052234/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# St. Louis Blues (1958)

1958 · Drama, Music · United States


## Synopsis

St. Louis Blues is a 1958 American film broadly based on the life of W. C. Handy. It stars jazz and blues greats Nat "King" Cole, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, and Barney Bigard, as well as gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and actress Ruby Dee. The film's soundtrack uses over ten of Handy's songs, including the title song. In conjunction with the film, Cole recorded an album of W. C. Handy compositions, arranged by Nelson Riddle, and Fitzgerald incorporated "St. Louis Blues" into her concert repertoire.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Allen Reisner](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-reisner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [W. C. Handy](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-c-handy)
- **Editor:** [Eda Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/eda-warren)

## Cast

- [Ruby Dee](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruby-dee)
- [Pearl Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/pearl-bailey)
- [Juano Hernández](https://cinepixo.com/people/juano-hernandez)
- [Mahalia Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahalia-jackson)
- [Cab Calloway](https://cinepixo.com/people/cab-calloway)
- [Eartha Kitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/eartha-kitt)
- [Ella Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/ella-fitzgerald)
- [Nat King Cole](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-king-cole)
- [Billy Preston](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-preston)

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