The Long Gray Line (1955)
Warms Your Heart! STIRS YOUR BLOOD! and fires your imagination!
Starring Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis
Directed by John Ford
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.
Runtime: 138 min.
Rating: 6.9
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Comedy,Drama
Keywords: cadet,immigrant,west point,military academy
Cast
Martin Maher
Mary O'Donnell
James Sundstrom Jr.
Old Martin
Herman Kohler
Kitty Carter
Chuck Dotson
James 'Red' Sundstrom
Dwight Eisenhower
Abner 'Cherub' Overton
Dinny Maher
Rudolph Heinz
John Pershing
Mrs. Koehler
Mike Shannon
Major Thomas
Specialty (uncredited)
Cadet Dotson (uncredited)
Jim O'Carberry (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)