Strike Up the Band

About Strike Up the Band

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.

Busby Berkeley's Strike Up the Band is a 1940 comedy music film. Mickey Rooney takes the lead as Jimmy Connors, Judy Garland as Mary Holden, June Preisser as Barbara Frances Morgan, and William Tracy as Phillip Turner.

At 120 minutes long, it arrived in September 1940. Written by Fred F. Finklehoffe and John Monks Jr..

It carries a NR rating.