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The Long Gray Line
“Warms Your Heart! STIRS YOUR BLOOD! and fires your imagination!”
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.
Directed by John Ford
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User score
57 votes
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Status
Released
Released
January 4, 1955
Runtime
2h 18m
Language
English
Top 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
Milburn Stone
Captain John J. Pershing
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Mrs. Koehler
Walter Ehlers
Mike Shannon
Willis Bouchey
Major Thomas
Ken Curtis
Specialty (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy
Cadet Dotson (uncredited)
Martin Milner
Jim O'Carberry (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Policeman (uncredited)
