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The Glenn Miller Story

"Their Love Made Such Wonderful Music!"

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.

Top Cast

  • James Stewart

    James Stewart

    Glenn Miller

  • June Allyson

    June Allyson

    Helen Burger Miller

  • Harry Morgan

    Harry Morgan

    Chummy MacGregor

  • Charles Drake

    Charles Drake

    Don Haynes

  • George Tobias

    George Tobias

    Si Schribman

  • Barton MacLane

    Barton MacLane

    General Arnold

  • Sig Ruman

    Sig Ruman

    W. Kranz

  • Irving Bacon

    Irving Bacon

    Mr. Miller

  • James Bell

    James Bell

    Mr. Burger

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.

Rating

7.0 / 10
163 Reviews
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jan 8, 2026

    James Stewart is on engaging form in this biopic of acclaimed American composer and band leader Glenn Miller. A talented trombonist, when he hasn’t got it pawned, he makes his money working in bars and clubs whilst trying to set up a band with his friends. A chance audition sees him fall on his feet and together with pianist Chummy (Harry Morgan) they start to make some inroads into a market place that’s still to experience “popular” music on record. All the while, he’s rekindling a romance with “Helen” (June Allyson) and then “Moonlight Serenade” changes everyone’s life for good. So, however, does WWII and when he is called up, he suggests to General Arnold (Barton MacLane) that his skills could be put to better use if he, and many of his musical cohorts, were to establish a band that could travel to Europe and cheer the troops. It’s an history, so we know that he lost his life in the Channel in late 1944, but along the way here we have a few personable efforts from Allyson and Morgan and lots of his music. What I enjoyed more than in many a musical retrospective, is that we do actually get a decent amount of his tunes played all the way through. “Pennsylvania 6-5000”; “Little Brown Jug” and “In The Mood” are amongst the staples that remind us not just of how popular he was on vinyl (a very nice home from 3c a disc suggests sales in the millions) but just how effective nostalgia was at boosting morale for troops overseas facing the Nazis. Sure, it can be a bit sentimental - but Stewart always managed to present that with a glint in his eye, and together together with the always smiling Allyson they keep it just the right side of cheesy whilst emanating a feel-good factor that’s easy to watch.

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