The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line

138 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 9, 1955

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.

The Long Gray Line

138 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 9, 1955

The Long Gray Line
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Columbia Pictures, Rota Productions
Original title The Long Gray Line
Directors Jack Corrick, Wingate Smith, John Ford
Writers Marty Maher, Nardi Reeder Campion , Edward Hope

Cast

Tyrone Power

as Martin Maher

Maureen O'Hara

as Mary O'Donnell

Robert Francis

as James Sundstrom Jr.

Donald Crisp

as Old Martin

Ward Bond

as Herman Kohler

Betsy Palmer

as Kitty Carter

Philip Carey

as Chuck Dotson

William Leslie

as James "Red" Sundstrom

Harry Carey, Jr.

as Dwight Eisenhower

Patrick Wayne

as Abner "Cherub" Overton

Sean McClory

as Dinny Maher

Peter Graves

as Rudolph Heinz

Milburn Stone

as John Pershing

Erin O'Brien-Moore

as Mrs. Koehler

Walter Ehlers

as Mike Shannon

Willis Bouchey

as Major Thomas

Ken Curtis

as Specialty (uncredited)

Tom Hennesy

as Cadet Dotson (uncredited)

Martin Milner

as Jim O'Carberry (uncredited)

Mickey Simpson

as Policeman (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

as Waiter (uncredited)

Jean Moorhead

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)