Crime Drama Music
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.
Directed by
Jack Webb
Janet Leigh
Ivy Conrad
Lee Marvin
Al Gannaway
Edmond O'Brien
Fran McCarg
Jack Webb
Pete Kelly
Andy Devine
George Tenell
Martin Milner
Joey Firestone
Jayne Mansfield
Cigarette Girl
Than Wyenn
Rudy Shulak
Jester Hairston
Mourner (uncredited)
John Dennis
Guy Bettenhouser
Ella Fitzgerald
Maggie Jackson
Peggy Lee
Rose Hopkins
Hank Mann
Argumentative Husband in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
Squat Henchman (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Drunk in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Waiter (uncredited)
Harper Goff
Tuxedo Band Banjo Player (uncredited)
Herbert Ellis
Bedido
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)
Teddy Buckner
Cornet Soloist (uncredited)
Joe Venuti
Tuxedo Band Member (uncredited)

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