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The Long Gray Line 1955 Directed by John Ford

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Comedy , Drama
Production Companies Columbia Pictures , Rota Productions
Release Date 4 January 1955
138 mins
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)
Harry Tenbrook Waiter (uncredited)
Jean Moorhead Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney Whitey Larson (uncredited)
Robert Ellis Cadet Short (uncredited)
Ron Nyman Recruit (uncredited)
Jack Pennick Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman Officer (uncredited)
Dona Cole Peggy (uncredited)