Crime / Drama / Music /

Score: 61%( 25 votes )

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.

Cast:

Jack Webb
Pete Kelly

Janet Leigh
Ivy Conrad

Edmond O'Brien
Fran McCarg

Peggy Lee
Rose Hopkins

Andy Devine
George Tenell

Lee Marvin
Al Gannaway

Ella Fitzgerald
Maggie Jackson

Martin Milner
Joey Firestone

Than Wyenn
Rudy Shulak

Herbert Ellis
Bedido

John Dennis
Guy Bettenhouser

Jayne Mansfield
Cigarette Girl

Mort Marshall
Cootie Jacobs

Moe Schneider
Trombonist (Big 7)

George Van Eps
Guitarist (Big 7)

Ray Sherman
Pianist (Big 7)

Dick Cathcart
Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double

Matty Matlock
Clarinetist (Big 7)

Eddie Miller
Saxophonist (Big 7)

Nick Fatool
Drummer (Big 7)

Jud De Naut
Bassist (Big 7)

Nesdon Booth
Squat Henchman (uncredited)

Perry Botkin Sr.
Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

Teddy Buckner
Cornet Soloist (uncredited)

Harper Goff
Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)

Jester Hairston
Mourner (uncredited)

Donald Kerr
Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Hank Mann
Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Waiter (uncredited)

Joe Venuti
Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)