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The Glenn Miller Story is a american film of genre Drama directed by Anthony Mann released in USA on 10 february 1954 with James Stewart
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 10 february 1954
Length 1h55
Directed by Anthony Mann
OriginUSA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Jazz films, Musical films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Rating72%
The Glenn Miller Story is a 1954 American film about the eponymous American band-leader, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their first non-western collaboration. Universal-International's first public announcements, early in 1953, employed the soon-discarded title, "Moonlight Serenade."
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The film follows big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) (James Stewart) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II. Prominent placement in the film is given to Miller's courtship and marriage to Helen Burger (June Allyson), and various cameos by actual musicians who were colleagues of Miller.Actors
James Stewart
(Glenn Miller)
June Allyson
(Helen Burger Miller)
Harry Morgan
(Chummy MacGregor)
Charles Drake
(Don Haynes)
Barton MacLane
(General Arnold)
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