The Glenn Miller Story

Jan 4, 1954

1h 56m

★ 6.9

Their Love Made Such Wonderful Music!

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Glenn Miller

James Stewart

Helen Burger Miller

June Allyson

Chummy MacGregor

Harry Morgan

Don Haynes

Charles Drake

Si Schribman

George Tobias

General Arnold

Barton MacLane

W. Kranz

Sig Ruman

Mr. Miller

Irving Bacon

Mr. Burger

James Bell

Mrs. Miller

Kathleen Lockhart

Mrs. Burger

Katherine Warren

Frances Langford

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