Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)

7.0/10 90 min Drama Music

Overview

A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Cast

Clifton Webb

John Philip Sousa

Debra Paget

Lily Becker

Robert Wagner

Willie Little

Ruth Hussey

Jennie Sousa

Finlay Currie

Col. Randolph

Roy Roberts

Maj. George Porter Houston

Thomas Browne Henry

David Blakely (as Tom Browne Henry)

Dorinda Clifton

Dancer (uncredited)

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