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Strategic Air Command: Directed by Anthony Mann. With James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy, Barry Sullivan. An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.
- (4.1K)
- Action, Drama, War
- Anthony Mann
- 1955-03-25
The Stratton Story: Directed by Sam Wood. With James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead. Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
- (3.3K)
- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Sam Wood
- 1949-06
In 1954, Allyson was in a huge Universal Pictures hit, The Glenn Miller Story, [34] as well as another successful MGM film, Executive Suite. She also starred the Fox Film Woman's World, which was less successful. Allyson was teamed with Stewart again in Strategic Air Command (1955) at Paramount, another success.
- The Stratton Story. James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan. 27 votes. This fact-based sports drama chronicles the life of famous pitcher Monty Stratton. Stratton (James Stewart), a star athlete, loses his leg when his hunting rifle misfires during a wilderness outing.
- The Glenn Miller Story. James Stewart, June Allyson, Charles Drake. 34 votes. Glenn Miller (James Stewart) is a poor trombone player with dreams of fame. Eventually, through years of hard work and determination, he is able to start his own band, and they become one of the most successful groups of the big-band era.
- Meet the People. Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O'Brien. 6 votes. While at a war bond rally in a Delaware shipyard, starry-eyed welder Swanee Swanson (Dick Powell) becomes infatuated with Broadway star Julie Hampton (Lucille Ball).
- Two Sisters from Boston. Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Lauritz Melchior. 14 votes. Boston socialite Abigail Chandler (Kathryn Grayson) dreams of singing with the New York Metropolitan Opera.
Anyway, it's just as much a human-interest story as it is a baseball movie, the story of "Monty Stratton" (Stewart) and his girlfriend-then-bride "Ethel," played warmly by June Allyson. She and Frank Morgan, who plays the scout to discovers Monty, are excellent as the two other main actors of the film.
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James Stewart as Glenn Miller (trombone dubbed by Joe Yukl and Murray McEachern) June Allyson as Helen Burger Miller. Harry Morgan as Chummy MacGregor (billed as Henry Morgan) Charles Drake as Don Haynes. George Tobias as Si Shribman. Barton MacLane as Gen. Henry H. Arnold, USAAF.
Aug 12, 2011 · At heart The Stratton Story is as much of a movie romance between Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson as The Pride of the Yankees was between Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright. 1949 is a little late for Jimmy Stewart to be playing a 22 year old kid, as Stratton was at the time of his debut with the Chicago White Sox in 1934, but Stewart manages to bring ...
