Available as; MCA Home Video VHS: The Glenn Miller Story (1986)
Available as; Universal Home Video DVD: The Glenn Miller Story (2003)
Available as; Shout Factory Home Video Blu-Ray: The Glenn Miller Story (2018)
Cast
James Stewart
as
Glenn Miller
June Allyson
as
Helen Burger Miller
Harry Morgan
as
Chummy MacGregor
Charles Drake
as
Don Haynes
George Tobias
as
Si Schribman
Louis Armstrong
as
Himself
Ben Pollack
as
Himself
Gene Kroupa
as
Himself
Frances Langford
as
Herself
Irving Bacon
as
Mr. Miller
Kathleen Lockhart
as
Mrs. Miller
James Bell
as
Mr. Burger
Katherine Warren
as
Mrs. Burger
Barton MacLane
as
Gen. Arnold
Marion Ross
as
Polly Haynes
Sig Rumann
as
Mr. Krantz
Philip Garris
as
Joe Becker
Dayton Lummis
as
Col. Spaulding
Deborah Sydes
as
Jonnie Dee
Anthony Sydes
as
Herbert
Ruth Hampton
as
Girl Singer
Damian O’Flynn
as
Col. Baker
Carleton Young
as
Adjutant General
William Challee
as
Sergeant
Gaylord “Steve” Pendleton
as
Lt. Col. Baessell
Harry Harvey
as
Doctor
Leo Mostovoy
as
Schillinger
Dick Ryan
as
Garage Man
Hal K. Dawson
as
Used Car Salesman
Lisa Gaye
as
Bobby-Soxer
Nino Tempo
as
Wilbur Schwartz
Babe Russin
as
Himself
Carl Vernell
as
Music Cutter
Bonnie Kay Eddy
as
Irene
Davis Roberts
as
Boy
Roland Jones
as
Waiter
Kevin Cochran
as
Boy
Synopsis
The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller’s rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era. June Allyson is on hand as Miller’s wife, Helen, who learns the value of patience when Glenn spends his wedding night jamming with Gene Krupa and Louis Armstrong. Given an officer’s commission during World War II, Miller helms the swingin’est military band ever heard. In December of 1944, a plane carrying Miller disappears while flying over the English Channel. In memoriam, radio stations all over the world suspend their regular broadcasts to play such Miller standards as “Moonlight Serenade,” “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” and “Little Brown Jug.” Many of Miller’s contemporaries, including his first big-time boss, Ben Pollack, appear as themselves.
