Rent The Long Gray Line (1955)
3.7 of 5 from 57 ratings
2h 11min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
Based on a true story, 'The Long Gray Line' was largely filmed on location at West Point itself. Tyrone Power stars as Marty Maher, an Irish immigrant fresh off the boat who takes a menial job as a servant at the elite West Point Academy. West Point, however, has a way of recognising the best in a man and Maher finds himself joining the army and becoming one of the best-loved instructors ever to serve at the Academy. Along the way, he meets and romances fellow immigrant Mary O'Donnell (Maureen O'Hara). The loving couple find themselves acting as surrogate parents to generations of raw young men destined to become America's finest leaders - including a teenage Dwight D. Eisenhower (Harry Carey Jr.). It is a career that Maher will cherish for 50 years, but one that will ultimately end in heartbreak... - Actors:
- Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Donald Crisp, Ward Bond, Betsy Palmer, Philip Carey, William Leslie, Harry Carey Jr., Patrick Wayne, Sean McClory, Peter Graves, Milburn Stone, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Walter Ehlers, Willis Bouchey, Don Barclay, Mary Benoit, Richard Bishop, Dona Cole
- Directors:
- John Ford
- Producers:
- Robert Arthur
- Writers:
- Edward Hope, Marty Maher, Nardi Reeder Campion
- Aka:
- John Ford's The Long Gray Line
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- History of US Presidents in Cinema: Part 2, Romantic Film Pairings for Valentine's Day
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/04/2020
- Run Time:
- 137 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.55:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with film historians Diana Drumm, Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme
- Living and Dead (2020): a new video essay by Tag Gallagher, author of John Ford: 'The Man and His Films'
- Leonard Maltin on 'The Long Gray Line' (2014): archival appreciation by the film critic and historian
- The Red, White and Blue Line (1955): rare promotional film, featuring the principal cast of 'The Long Gray Line'
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- World premiere on Blu-ray
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Reviews (1) of The Long Gray Line
Unexpectedly profound - The Long Gray Line review by NP
Deeply moving and unexpectedly profound. Also, the cinematography on display here is consistently more experimental than whole swathes of modern art-house movies, using wide angles and borderline abstract geometric compositions to depict frail, mortal human bodies at the mercy of the unbending forces of military order and modern warfare.
How is it possible for John Ford to have made so many truly great movies?
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