The Long Gray Line

Warms Your Heart! STIRS YOUR BLOOD! and fires your imagination!

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.

Comedy Drama

Tyrone Power

(Martin Maher)

Maureen O'Hara

(Mary O'Donnell)

Robert Francis

(James Sundstrom Jr.)

Donald Crisp

(Old Martin)

Ward Bond

(Herman Kohler)

Betsy Palmer

(Kitty Carter)

Philip Carey

(Chuck Dotson)

William Leslie

(James "Red" Sundstrom)

Harry Carey, Jr.

(Dwight Eisenhower)

Patrick Wayne

(Abner "Cherub" Overton)

Sean McClory

(Dinny Maher)

Peter Graves

(Rudolph Heinz)

Milburn Stone

(John 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))

Harry Tenbrook

(Waiter (uncredited))

Jean Moorhead

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Chuck Courtney

(Whitey Larson (uncredited))

Robert Ellis

(Cadet Short (uncredited))

Ron Nyman

(Recruit (uncredited))

Jack Pennick

(Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited))

Raoul Freeman

(Officer (uncredited))