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Their Love Made Such Wonderful Music! - The Glenn Miller Story
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Title: The Glenn Miller Story

Release Date: 4 Jan 1954

Runtime: 1h 56m

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance

Director: Universal Pictures

Production Companies: Universal Pictures

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.927 (150 votes)

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
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