USA,
1955, 95 min
Directed by:
Jack WebbScreenplay:
Richard L. BreenCinematography:
Harold RossonCast:
Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin, Martin Milner, Jayne Mansfield, Harry Morgan, Mort Marshall, Ella Fitzgerald (more)Plots(1)
In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed Kelly gives in, even though this also means taking the thug's alcoholic girl as a singer. Kelly soon realises he has made a big mistake selling out in this way and that rich girl Ivy is now the only decent thing in his life. (official distributor synopsis)
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