There are some wonderful things in this, foremost Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee spreading their special brands of magic, both are luminous. The music is good and Andy Devine, without his trademark voice, is a revelation in a gritty part as a dogged cop. And Edmond O'Brien could p...( read more)
Andy Devine, Edmond O'Brien, Ella Fitzgerald
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 ta...( read more
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Directed by: Andy Devine, Edmond O'Brien, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Lee Marvin, Martin Milner, Peggy Lee
Release Date: July 31, 1955
DVD Release Date: July 22, 2008
Stats: 22 reviews
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