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The Glenn Miller Story(1954)
Status: Released
Date: 1954-01-04
69%
154 Votes
Time: 1h 56m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Glenn Miller Story
Top 10 Billed Cast
James Stewart
Glenn Miller
June Allyson
Helen Burger Miller
Harry Morgan
Chummy MacGregor
Charles Drake
Don Haynes
George Tobias
Si Schribman
Barton MacLane
General Arnold
Sig Ruman
W. Kranz
Irving Bacon
Mr. Miller
James Bell
Mr. Burger
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Miller
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