

31/07/1955
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.

Jack Webb
as Pete Kelly

Janet Leigh
as Ivy Conrad

Edmond O'Brien
as Fran McCarg

Peggy Lee
as Rose Hopkins

Andy Devine
as George Tenell

Lee Marvin
as Al Gannaway

Ella Fitzgerald
as Maggie Jackson

Martin Milner
as Joey Firestone

Than Wyenn
as Rudy Shulak

Herbert Ellis
as Bedido

John Dennis
as Guy Bettenhouser

Jayne Mansfield
as Cigarette Girl

Mort Marshall
as Cootie Jacobs

Moe Schneider
as Trombonist (Big 7)

George Van Eps
as Guitarist (Big 7)

Ray Sherman
as Pianist (Big 7)

Dick Cathcart
as Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double

Matty Matlock
as Clarinetist (Big 7)

Eddie Miller
as Saxophonist (Big 7)

Nick Fatool
as Drummer (Big 7)

Jud De Naut
as Bassist (Big 7)

Nesdon Booth
as Squat Henchman (uncredited)

Perry Botkin Sr.
as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

Teddy Buckner
as Cornet Soloist (uncredited)

Harper Goff
as Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)

Jester Hairston
as Mourner (uncredited)

Donald Kerr
as Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Hank Mann
as Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Waiter (uncredited)

Joe Venuti
as Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)
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