Pete Kelly's Blues is a film noir set in Kansas City during the 1920s. It tells the story of Pete Kelly, a jazz musician who becomes involved with a gangster and a manipulative woman. As Pete navigates the dangerous world of prohibition-era Kansas City, he must confront his own demons and make difficult choices. With its roaring twenties vibe and stunning musical performances, Pete Kelly's Blues is a captivating journey into the heart of a vibrant and dangerous era.
A prisoner escapes and finds himself on a tropical island, where he faces racial tensions and power struggles.
Dr. Clitterhouse, a brilliant doctor fascinated by criminal psychology, decides to research crime firsthand by becoming a member of a notorious gang. He soon finds himself getting caught up in a series of robberies and murders, leading to a thrilling and comedic chain of events. As his obsession with criminal behavior grows, he must navigate the dangerous world of gangsters and the psychological toll it takes on him.
A brewery owner gets involved in a murder mystery when a reward is offered for information about a murder at his brewery. As he tries to clear his name, he gets entangled with gangsters, police, and a social climber. Hilarity ensues as he navigates through a series of comedic situations and tries to uncover the truth.
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living Corpse" and other low-rent acts aren't enough to lure the seen-it-all boardwalk strollers, and the landlord closes the show in lieu of never-paid rent. Nicky, always promoting, goes to Stephen Hanratty, head of the pier's Dance Pavilion, to plug Krupa's band as an attraction, but Hanratty won't even listen to them. But, while there, he meets singer Lily Racquel, who knows he is a phoney but might have the ability to to talk a radio-station manager into giving her an audition. She gives him a ring to help finance the project; he promptly loses it in a crap-game.
A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
Summer is gone, and throughout the forest young squirrels are working hard gathering acorns for the long cold winter ahead. But one such squirrel has a better idea: winning acorns by shooting dice.
Buddy Harris and Frank Radcliffe crack some jokes, play craps, and sing a song.
A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.
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