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10/12/2013

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

Jack Webb stars as Kelly, the leader of a jazz band in the ‘20s, strong-armed into paying protection money to the mob.

Not only does it star Webb, he directed it too -- and you can tell because it’s every bit as wooden as an episode of Dragnet. The girls are nuts, the guys are furniture, and Webb’s a big damn hero. Yawn.

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