The Long Gray Line

Synopsis

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.

Details

Director

John Ford

Release

January 4, 1955

Status

Released

Country

United States of America

Network

Rota Productions

Runtime

2h 18m

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Cast

• 
  Tyrone Power

  Martin Maher
• 
  Maureen O'Hara

  Mary O'Donnell
• 
  Robert Francis

  James Sundstrom Jr.
• 
  Donald Crisp

  Old Martin
• 
  Ward Bond

  Captain Herman Kohler
• 
  Betsy Palmer

  Kitty Carter
• 
  Philip Carey

  Chuck Dotson
• 
  William Leslie

  James "Red" Sundstrom
• 
  Harry Carey Jr.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower
• 
  Patrick Wayne

  Abner "Cherub" Overton
• 
  Sean McClory

  Dinny Maher
• 
  Peter Graves

  Corporal Rudolph Heinz

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