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Quick Info

Rating

6.9/10

Release1954

Runtime1h 56m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Universal Pictures

Movie

The Glenn Miller Story

1954

1h 56m

6.9

Drama

Music

Romance

Synopsis

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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