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The Band Plays On

1934, Movie, NR, 87 mins

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In this monotonous tale, four street punks (Robert Young, Stuart Erwin, Russell Hardie, and William Tannen) are brought before a kindly judge for stealing a Ford. He assigns the boys to a special program run by a football coach (Preston Foster) who teaches them the meaning of teamwork, loyalty, and honor, and they prove themselves to be gifted athletes. In addition to its other problems, the film is marred by a poor job of matching newsreel footage of football crowds with th... read more leave a comment
Year: 1934
Rated NR

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Cast
Robert Young: Tony
Stuart Erwin: Stuffy
Leo Carrillo: Angelo
Betty Furness: Kitty
Ted Healy: Joe
Preston Foster: Howdy

 

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