Pete Kelly's Blues (TV series)
Pete Kelly's Blues was a television series starring William Reynolds which aired in 1959. It was created by Jack Webb, based on his 1951 radio series of the same name.
Pete Kelly's Blues | |
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Starring | William Reynolds |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | April 5 – July 5, 1959 |
Synopsis
Set in Kansas City during the 1920s, the series centered on Pete Kelly, a trumpet player and the leader of Pete Kelly's Original Big Seven Big. Dixieland trumpet player, Dick Cathcart, who's best known as a member of The Lawrence Welk Show , was dubbed in for the actual playing of Kelly's trumpet.[1]
Cast
- William Reynolds as Pete Kelly
- Connee Boswell as Savannah Brown
- Than Wyenn as George Lupo (Lupo was frequently mention in the radio series, but never actually appeared.)
- Phil Gordon as Fred
- Fred Eisley as Johnny Cassiano
Episodes
No. | Title | Air date | |
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1 | "The Steve Porter Story" | April 5, 1959 | |
Kelly gets involved in a murder after a vocalist asks him to help a musician. | |||
2 | "The June Gould Story" | April 12, 1959 | |
Kelly searches for a missing nightclub singer, the daughter of a gentle elderly woman. | |||
3 | "The Envelope Story" | April 19, 1959 | |
A mysterious envelope triggers a chain of events including a double cross and also holds a clue to an altar boy's killer. | |||
4 | "The Poor Butterfly Story" | April 26, 1959 | |
A jazz recording becomes the object of a mysterious search that results in murder. | |||
5 | "The Tex Bigelow Story" | May 10, 1959 | |
Kelly witnesses a murder and comes face to face with a ghost as consequences of a request made of him by a dying man. | |||
6 | "The Baby Ray Story" | May 17, 1959 | |
Kelly receives a basket of bread, then quickly realizes it also contains a newborn baby. | |||
7 | "The Mike Reegan Story" | May 24, 1959 | |
Both a mobster and police accuse Kelly of murdering the mobster's wife. | |||
8 | "The Rompy Thompson Story" | May 31, 1959 | |
A down-and-out trombone player becomes a target of gangsters' bullets. | |||
9 | "The Gus Trudo Story" | June 7, 1959 | |
Kelly is informed by a detective that an old friend is being stalked by hoodlums. | |||
10 | "The Emory Cusack Story" | June 14, 1959 | |
A fake raid by bogus federal agents appears to threaten arrest for Lupo, but proves to be a cover-up for murder. | |||
11 | "The Fitzhugh Story" | June 21, 1959 | |
Two racketeers force Lupo to install a juke box in his speakeasy. | |||
12 | "The Joe Artevekian Story" | June 28, 1959 | |
After Pete buys a "health machine" from a hoodlum, Lupo nearly gets blown up in a plot to intimidate him into selling his speakeasy. | |||
13 | "The 16-Bar Tacet" | July 5, 1959 | |
The new operators of Lupo's speakeasy offer Pete and his Big Seven a job, but he bows out. |
See also
References
- The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 930. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
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