The Band Plays On
6.2
“A gay and exciting picture of the laughs and loves and football thrills of college life!”
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
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Cast
42 people
Robert Young
Tony Ferrera
Known for
Crossfire
Western Union
Stuart Erwin
Stuffy Wilson
Known for
Son of Flubber
Russell Mack
Byron Morgan
Ned Marin
Ted Healy
Joe O'Brien
Known for
Mad Love
San Francisco
J. Robert Bren
Preston Foster
Howdy Hardy
Known for
The Time Travelers
I Shot Jesse James
Harry Stuhldreher
Also in
The Spirit of Notre Dame
Leo Carrillo
Angelo
Known for
Phantom of the Opera
Manhattan Melodrama
W Thorton Martin
Betty Furness
Kitty O'Brien
Known for
Swing Time
Russell Mack Director · Bernard Schubert Screenplay Ralph Spence Screenplay
United States release December 21, 1934
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Distribution
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 21, 1934
Theatrical
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