The Long Gray Line

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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  John Ford
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  Wingate Smith
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  Jack Corrick
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  Edward O'Fearna
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  Meta Stern
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  Gil Mandelik

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  Tyrone Power
  Martin Maher
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  Maureen O'Hara
  Mary O'Donnell
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  Robert Francis
  James Sundstrom Jr.
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  Donald Crisp
  Old Martin
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  Ward Bond
  Captain Herman Kohler
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  Betsy Palmer
  Kitty Carter
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  Philip Carey
  Chuck Dotson
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  William Leslie
  James "Red" Sundstrom
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  Harry Carey, Jr.
  Dwight D. Eisenhower
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  Harry Carey
  Jr.,Dwight D. Eisenhower
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  Patrick Wayne
  Abner "Cherub" Overton
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  Sean McClory
  Dinny Maher
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  Peter Graves
  Corporal Rudolph Heinz
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  Milburn Stone
  Captain John J. Pershing
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  Erin O'Brien-Moore
  Mrs. Koehler
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  Walter Ehlers
  Mike Shannon
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  Willis Bouchey
  Major Thomas
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  Ken Curtis
  Specialty (uncredited)
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  Tom Hennesy
  Cadet Dotson (uncredited)
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  Martin Milner
  Jim O'Carberry (uncredited)
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  Mickey Simpson
  Policeman (uncredited)