The Long Gray Line
1955The 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.
Acted in
Tyrone Power
as Martin Maher
Maureen O'Hara
as Mary O'Donnell
Robert Francis
as James Sundstrom Jr.
Donald Crisp
as Old Martin
Ward Bond
as Herman Kohler
Betsy Palmer
as Kitty Carter
Philip Carey
as Chuck Dotson
William Leslie
as James "Red" Sundstrom
Harry Carey, Jr.
as Dwight Eisenhower
Patrick Wayne
as Abner "Cherub" Overton
Sean McClory
as Dinny Maher
Peter Graves
as Rudolph Heinz
Milburn Stone
as John Pershing
Erin O'Brien-Moore
as Mrs. Koehler
Walter Ehlers
as Mike Shannon
Willis Bouchey
as Major Thomas
Ken Curtis
as Specialty (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy
as Cadet Dotson (uncredited)
Martin Milner
as Jim O'Carberry (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
as Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
as Waiter (uncredited)
Jean Moorhead
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
as Whitey Larson (uncredited)
Robert Ellis
as Cadet Short (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
as Recruit (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
as Officer (uncredited)