The Long Gray Line (1955)

The Long Gray Line (1955)

  • 7.2
  • 138 mins
  • Biography

Storyline

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 whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.—Dennis Huffman



Short Review

John Ford's 1955 bio-pic about the longtime officer Marty Maher is one of his grandest and heartiest films.


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