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1940 • 2h • Approved • Comedy, Romance, Music

Strike Up the Band

"The merriest pair on the screen!"

Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.

IMDb 6.8

MC 59

Director

Busby Berkeley

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Fred F. Finklehoffe

John Monks Jr.

Ira Gershwin

Composer

George Gershwin

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Mickey Rooney

Jimmy Connors

Judy Garland

Mary Holden

June Preisser

Barbara Frances Morgan

William Tracy

Phillip Turner

Larry Nunn

Willie Brewster

Paul Whiteman

Margaret Early

Annie

Ann Shoemaker

Mrs. Connors

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