Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
Directed by Jack Webb · 95 min · Crime, Drama, Music
12.9 TOPICAL score · #5,272 of 6,776 films
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Pete Kelly's Blues (1955, directed by Jack Webb) has a TOPICAL score of 12.9 - ranked 5,272 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 6.3/10 (31 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 11 languages.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
Critics-
Audience27
Awards56
Historical impact10
Lasting engagement15
Cast50
Legacy & cult status-
- AudienceTMDB 6.3/10 (31 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 11 languages
- Still read1,827 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jack Webb, Janet Leigh (actor #565), Edmond O'Brien (actor #495), Peggy Lee