The Long Gray Line
Warms Your Heart! STIRS YOUR BLOOD! and fires your imagination!
1955 | 138m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | John Ford |
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| Writer: | Edward Hope, Marty Maher, Nardi Reeder Campion |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 04, 1955 |
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| Director: | John Ford |
| Writer: | Edward Hope, Marty Maher, Nardi Reeder Campion |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | love at first sight, cadet, irish-american, immigrant, 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 |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Rota Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Harry Carey, Jr. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Patrick Wayne | Abner "Cherub" Overton |
| Sean McClory | Dinny Maher |
| Peter Graves | Corporal Rudolph Heinz |
| Milburn Stone | Captain John J. Pershing |
| Erin O'Brien-Moore | Mrs. Koehler |
| Walter Ehlers | Mike Shannon |
| Willis Bouchey | Major Thomas |
| Ken Curtis | Specialty (uncredited) |
| Tom Hennesy | Cadet Dotson (uncredited) |
| Martin Milner | Jim O'Carberry (uncredited) |
| Mickey Simpson | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Harry Tenbrook | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Jean Moorhead | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| Chuck Courtney | Whitey Larson (uncredited) |
| Robert Ellis | Cadet Short (uncredited) |
| Ron Nyman | Recruit (uncredited) |
| Jack Pennick | Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Raoul Freeman | Officer (uncredited) |
| Dona Cole | Peggy (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Ford | Director |
| Morris Stoloff | Music Supervisor |
| Edward Hope | Screenplay |
| Charles Lawton Jr. | Director of Photography |
| William A. Lyon | Editor |
| Robert Peterson | Art Direction |
| Frank Tuttle | Set Decoration |
| Jack Corrick | Assistant Director |
| Wingate Smith | Assistant Director |
| Marty Maher | Book |
| Nardi Reeder Campion | Book |
| George Cooper | Sound |
| John P. Livadary | Sound |
| Meta Stern | Script Supervisor |
| Joseph A. August Jr. | Assistant Camera |
| Emil Oster | Camera Operator |
| Homer Van Pelt | Still Photographer |
| Fritz Ford | Stunt Double |
| Guy Way | Stunts |
| Gil Mandelik | Assistant Director |
| Edward O'Fearna | Assistant Director |
| Clay Campbell | Makeup Artist |
| Helen Hunt | Hairstylist |
| James R. Barker | Makeup Artist |
| Hazel Keats | Hairstylist |
| Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Ray Sebastian | Makeup Artist |
| Fae M. Smith | Hairstylist |
| Charles Lang | Director of Photography |
| Jean Louis | Costume Design |
| George Duning | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Arthur | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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