The Band Plays On

Dec 21, 1934

1h 27m

★ 8.5

A gay and exciting picture of the laughs and loves and football thrills of college life!

Overview

A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Tony Ferrera

Robert Young

Stuffy Wilson

Stuart Erwin

Joe O'Brien

Ted Healy

Howdy Hardy

Preston Foster

Angelo

Leo Carrillo

Kitty O'Brien

Betty Furness

Mike O'Brien

Russell Hardie

Rosy Rosenberg

William Tannen

Bob Stone

Robert Livingston

Stuffy as a Boy

Norman Phillips Jr.

Tony as a Boy

David Durand

Mike as a Boy

Beaudine Anderson

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