Movie
The Glenn Miller Story
Overview
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.
Details
- Release date
- 1954-01-04
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Stewart as Glenn Miller
- June Allyson as Helen Burger Miller
- Harry Morgan as Chummy MacGregor
- Charles Drake as Don Haynes
- George Tobias as Si Schribman
- Barton MacLane as General Arnold
- Sig Ruman as W. Kranz
- Irving Bacon as Mr. Miller
- James Bell as Mr. Burger
- Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Miller
- Katherine Warren as Mrs. Burger
- Frances Langford as Frances Langford
Crew
- Anthony Mann - Director
- Oscar Brodney - Screenplay
- Valentine Davies - Screenplay
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