Cast: Harry James

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Harry James. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Carnegie Hall

1947 · Movie · 144 min. · United States

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Marsha Hunt · William Prince · Frank McHugh · Martha O'Driscoll

Synopsis A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to play at Carnegie Hall but, when grown, the son prefers to play with Vaughan Monroe's orchestra. But Mama's wishes prevail and...

8.0

34 votes

8.0

34 votes

On Our Merry Way

1948 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor · George Stevens · Leslie Fenton

Cast James Stewart · Henry Fonda · Burgess Meredith · Charles D. Brown

Synopsis Also released under the title A MIRACLE CAN HAPPEN, this three-part anthology features vignettes that are connected by a question from feature reporter Oliver Pease (Burgess Meredith): "Has a child ever changed your life?" In the first episode Henry Fonda...

5.7

524 votes

5.7

524 votes

The Sting II

1983 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Jeremy Kagan

Cast Jackie Gleason · Mac Davis · Teri Garr · Karl Malden

Synopsis Lonigan is planning to get back at Gondorf and Hooker for bilking him out of half a million. At the same time Gondorf and Hooker are planning their next caper. And their mark is a man named Macalinski, who makes...

4.0

145 votes

4.0

145 votes

Private Buckaroo

1942 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Edward F. Cline

Cast Harry James · Patty Andrews · Maxene Andrews · Laverne Andrews

Synopsis Harry James is drafted and joining him is the band's lead vocalist Lon Prentice (Dick Foran), who doesn't believe that Army training and regulations are necessary for anyone of his skill and fame.

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Outlaw Queen

1957 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Herbert S. Greene

Cast Andrea King · Harry James · Robert Clarke · James Harakas

Synopsis Christina, the daughter of a Greek-immigrant family who does not share their belief that a woman’s place is with her husband at the fireside, is a trick-shot artist. With her Uncle Jim, a strolling troubadour, and his sidekick Andy, a...

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Syncopation

1942 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Adolphe Menjou · Bonita Granville · Jackie Cooper · George Bancroft

Synopsis Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the outbreak of WWII. A romance between singer Kit Latimer, from New Orleans, and Johnny Schumacher,...

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If I'm Lucky

1946 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Seiler

Cast Vivian Blaine · Perry Como · Harry James · Carmen Miranda

Synopsis Out-of-work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate is really a stooge for a corrupt political machine, which discovers the band's handsome and appealing singer would...

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Do You Love Me

1946 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Gregory Ratoff

Cast Maureen O'Hara · Dick Haymes · Harry James · Reginald Gardiner

Synopsis Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band leader Barry Clayton on a train. To "show" him she takes a friend's advice, removes her glasses, and puts on a designer gown. Naturally,...

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Swing Fever

1943 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Tim Whelan

Cast Kay Kyser · Marilyn Maxwell · William Gargan · Nat Pendleton

Synopsis Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary "evil eye" which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. He goes in search of a Broadway publisher for a symphonietta he has written,...

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I'll Get By

1950 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Richard Sale

Cast June Haver · William Lundigan · Gloria DeHaven · Dennis Day

Synopsis Updated version of "Tin Pan Alley" concerns two songwriters and their romantic entanglements with the pretty pair of sisters helping them plug their songs.

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