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1. Feb 01,  · Pete Kelley Blues () arrived on radio almost two years after Jack Webb reached stardom in Dragnet. All the Webb trademarks were here: the quips, the snappy comebacks, the short-tempered realism. Much of the show's appeal was in the music: Webb was a lifelong fan of hot jazz. This is one of Webb's best shows and the basis of his film of.

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2. Since Pete Kelly's Blues takes place during the s, Harold Mooney's orchestrations combine elements of old-style Dixieland with a s swing style. Lee is perfectly in sync with this approach, and sounds strong throughout, even on her appropriately freaky interpretation of "Sing a Rainbow," which her character performs from the confines of 6/

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3. Pete Kelly's Blues is arguably the most stylish of director/star Jack Webb's theatrical features. Beginning with a brilliantly evocative pre-credits prologue, wherein we see how WWI vet Pete Kelly (Webb) came into possession of his precious trumpet, the film traces Kelly to his gig at a Kansas City misadicvihercevacpyewatchcomdami.coinfo: Warner Archives.

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4. Pete Kelly's Blues ; Where to watch JustWatch. Pete Kelly's Blues. Directed by Jack Webb. Synopsis A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazings! In , 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.3/5().

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5. Pete Kelly's Blues DVD. Pete Kelly's Blues DVD. Qty: Add to Cart. DVD. Price: $ Share. Description. Jack Webb stars as a young trumpet player looking for a break, in this song-filled drama set in the jazz world of the Roaring '20s. The break he gets is a bad one, however, when a mobster forces him to accept his girlfriend as a singer in Brand: Warner Archives.

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6. Apr 11,  · And the only thing more dynamic than the film’s Dixieland- and blues-infused musical score is its stellar cast. Janet Leigh is a gin-swilling heiress who moves in on Kelly’s heart. Lee Marvin and Martin Milner as Pete’s hotheaded sidemen keep the tempo torrid/5().

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7. Pete Kelly's Blues was the creation of Jack Webb, no stranger to crime drama. Webb got his start as a late night disc jockey playing Jazz records in San Francisco. His move to radio drama in a series of crime dramas based in San Francisco. In he found lasting fame when he created and starred in Dragnet.

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