The Long Gray Line (1955)

  • NR
  • 02/09/1955 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 2h 18m

Warms Your Heart! STIRS YOUR BLOOD! and fires your imagination!

Overview

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.

Edward Hope

Screenplay

John Ford

Director

Cast

Tyrone Power's headshot

Tyrone Power

Martin Maher
Maureen O'Hara's headshot

Maureen O'Hara

Mary O'Donnell
Robert Francis's headshot

Robert Francis

James Sundstrom Jr.
Donald Crisp's headshot

Donald Crisp

Old Martin
Ward Bond's headshot

Ward Bond

Captain Herman Kohler
Betsy Palmer's headshot

Betsy Palmer

Kitty Carter
Philip Carey's headshot

Philip Carey

Chuck Dotson
William Leslie's headshot

William Leslie

James "Red" Sundstrom

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