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Synopsis: 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 taking the thug's alcoholic girl as a singer. Kelly soon realises he has made a big mistake selling out in this way and that rich girl Ivy is now the only decent thing in his life.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Director(s): Jack Webb
Actors: Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee
Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
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Year:
1955
95 min
106 Views

Not till we dance.

Don't be a fool. This is no time

for a drunken stunt, go on home.

Not till we dance,

and it's not a drunken stunt.

If we dance once, then will you go?

Maybe.

Let them get comfortable.

I got nothing to gain.

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Richard L. Breen

Richard L. Breen (June 26, 1918 – February 1, 1967) was a Hollywood screenwriter and director. more…

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