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.

Director: John Ford

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