The Long Gray Line

Overview

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.

Details

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

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)