The Long Gray Line

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

Plot Summary

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.

7.0 /10

1955

US

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