The Glenn Miller Story 1954
6.942 /10
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.
Release Dates
| Country | Release Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| CH | Streaming | Aug 9, 2003 |
| FR | DVD | Mar 1, 2005 |
| FR | DVD | Mar 24, 2021 |
| NL | DVD | Apr 1, 2009 |
| NL | TV | Feb 17, 2004 |
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Full Cast & Crew
Glenn Miller
Helen Burger Miller
Chummy MacGregor
Don Haynes
Si Schribman
General Arnold
W. Kranz
Mr. Miller
Mr. Burger
Mrs. Miller
Mrs. Burger
Frances Langford
Louis Armstrong
Gene Krupa
Dispatch Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Trombonist in Glenn Miller Band (uncredited)
Steve Miller - Age 4 (uncredited)
Used Car Salesman (uncredited)
Bobbysoxer (uncredited)
Band Member (uncredited)
Young Singer (uncredited)
Doctor (uncredited)
The Mellowmen (uncredited)
Commuter (uncredited)
Col. Spaulding, USAAF (uncredited)
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Col. Baker (uncredited)
Lt. Col. Bassell (uncredited)
The Mellowmen (uncredited)
Black Man (uncredited)
Polly Haynes (uncredited)
Adjunct General (uncredited)
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
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If there were not an audience for Marvel comic heroes than clearly these films would not be made, to answer one other reviewer although I sympathize with him somewhat. The world is indeed an infinitely more complex place than the world of Marvel comics with clearly identifiable heroes and villains. But I get the feeling that from Robert Downey, Jr. on down the organizer and prime mover as Iron Man behind the Avengers these players do love doing these roles because it's a lot of fun. If they didn't show that spirit of fun to the audience than these films would never be made.
So in that spirit of fun Avengers: Age Of Ultron comes before us and everyone looks like they're having a good time saving the world. A computer program got loose and took form in this dimension named Ultron and James Spader who is completely unrecognizable is running amuck in the earth. No doubt Star Trek fans took notice that this guy's mission is to cleanse the earth much like that old earth probe NOMAD which got its programming mixed up in that classic Star Trek prime story. Wouldst Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise had a crew like Downey has at his command.
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Cast & crew of
The Glenn Miller Story
Directors & Credit Writers
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Screenplay
Makeup Artist
Cast
Helen Burger Miller
Chummy MacGregor
Don Haynes
Si Schribman
General Arnold
W. Kranz
Mr. Miller
Mr. Burger
Mrs. Miller
Mrs. Burger
Frances Langford
Louis Armstrong
Gene Krupa
Dispatch Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Trombonist in Glenn Miller Band (uncredited)
Steve Miller - Age 4 (uncredited)
Used Car Salesman (uncredited)
Bobbysoxer (uncredited)
Band Member (uncredited)
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