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.
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Cast
28 people
Tyrone Power
Martin Maher
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
Nightmare Alley
Maureen O'Hara
Mary O'Donnell
Known for
Miracle on 34th Street
The Quiet Man
Robert Francis
James Sundstrom Jr.
Known for
The Caine Mutiny
Donald Crisp
Old Martin
Known for
How Green Was My Valley
The Man from Laramie
Ward Bond
Captain Herman Kohler
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
The Searchers
Betsy Palmer
Kitty Carter
Known for
Friday the 13th
The Tin Star
Philip Carey
Chuck Dotson
Known for
Calamity Jane
The Time Travelers
William Leslie
James "Red" Sundstrom
Known for
The Lineup
The Horse Soldiers
Harry Carey Jr.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Known for
Back to the Future Part III
Trinity Is Still My Name
Patrick Wayne
Abner "Cherub" Overton
Known for
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
McLintock!
Sean McClory
Dinny Maher
Known for
Them!
The Quiet Man
Peter Graves
Corporal Rudolph Heinz
Known for
Airplane!
Mission: Impossible
John Ford Director · Edward Hope Screenplay Nardi Reeder Campion Author
Worldwide gross $4.1M · Budget $1.7M · United States release February 9, 1955
Box office
Budget
$1,748,000
Worldwide gross
$4,100,000
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
Rota Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Japan · January 4, 1955
Theatrical
United States · February 9, 1955
Premiere · Washington, D.C.
Argentina
March 14, 1956 · Theatrical
Belgium
September 30, 1955 · Theatrical
Denmark
January 9, 1956 · Theatrical
Finland
May 11, 1956 · Theatrical
France
June 20, 1955 · Theatrical
Germany
August 26, 1955 · Theatrical
Italy
October 28, 1955 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 5, 1955 · Theatrical
South Africa
August 31, 1956 · Theatrical
Spain
November 21, 1955 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 27, 1955 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 4, 1955 · Theatrical
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