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.
- Year: 1955
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Rota Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Keyword: immigrant, cadet, love at first sight, irish-american, marching band, military life, west point, mentor protégé relationship, military academy, life during wartime, irish immigrant, army cadet, spanning generations, boy meets girl, exemplary officer, heritage, military tradition, leadership, soldiers assemble, lifelong friendship, on location, irish family, biographical drama, american tradition, loving couple grow old together, soldiers marching
- Director: John Ford
- Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Donald Crisp, Ward Bond, Betsy Palmer