The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line
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Directed by	John Ford
Produced by	Robert Arthur
Written by	Nardi Reeder Campion Edward Hope Marty Maher
Starring	Tyrone Power Maureen O'Hara
Music by	W. Franke Harling
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr. Charles Lang
Editing by	William A. Lyon
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	January 22, 1955
Running time	138 mins
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,748,000 (estimated)
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The Long Gray Line is a 1955 drama film directed by John Ford. Inspired by the true life story of Marty Maher, Tyrone Power stars as the scrappy Irish immigrant whose 50-year career at West Point saw him transformed from dishwasher to non-commissioned officer and athletic instructor . Maureen O'Hara, one of Ford's favorite leading ladies, plays Marty's wife and fellow immigrant, Mary O'Donnell. The film costars Ward Bond as the athletic director who first befriends Maher, and Harry Carey, Jr. makes a short appearance as a young Dwight D. Eisenhower.^[1]

The phrase "The Long Gray Line" is used to describe, as a continuum, all graduates and cadets of the USMA at West Point, New York.

References

^ The Long Gray Line at Rotten Tomatoes

External links

The Long Gray Line at the Internet Movie Database

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