Pete Kelly's Blues
1955 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 1,572 VOTES · DIR. Jack Webb
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 911 lines
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00:00:01 PETE: Rose came every night to sing.
00:02:08 Oh, gotta have, I'm on it all the time.
00:04:58 I don't know.
00:06:49 It's a speakeasy one flight down.
00:08:05 Milo Violets, Deities, Sweet Caporals. Anything you want.
00:09:23 Do you wanna skip tonight? It's a tough house anyway.
00:10:36 [SINGING " FOR SHE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW"]
00:12:08 I don't mind working free, but I don't wanna pay commission.
00:13:36 Al, what do you think about McCarg?
00:15:11 I want the mouthpiece.
00:17:31 Some kind of a mix-up.
00:19:26 Go ahead, you got a bonus.
00:21:37 Maybe the fish will play.
00:23:44 He must have banged out right through the windshield.
00:26:14 It'll blow over.
00:27:23 I ought to be used to it by now.
00:29:14 - You're always asking if I know... - Guy Bettenhouser. He's McCarg's.
00:31:52 Joey, look out!
00:33:42 You won't like it, I'm using water.
00:34:55 - lf we could just talk... - Some other time.
00:37:46 Get out of here, Ivy.
00:40:48 Joey was in your band. He was a friend of yours.
00:43:27 - I guess we got a deal. - Good.
00:45:58 Sometimes in clubs and one time for a road show.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed911
Dialogue density9.6 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line00:45:58
Production Record
DirectorJack Webb
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,572