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The Long Gray Line

1955 · 138 min

A big-hearted, sentimental sweep through decades of a man's life, mixing barracks humor with quiet heartbreak and a tearful, ceremonial finish.

Tagline: Warms Your Heart! STIRS YOUR BLOOD! and fires your imagination!
Overview: 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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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
loyalty
grief
coming-of-age
trauma
Places: school
countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: John Ford
Written by: Edward Hope
Starring: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Donald Crisp, Ward Bond, Betsy Palmer, Philip Carey, William Leslie
Cinematography: Charles Lawton Jr., Charles Lang
Runtime: 138 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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