La lunga linea grigia

Titolo originale: The Long Gray Line
Regia: John Ford |
Anno: 1955
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Dramma
Tag: immigrant | cadet | love at first sight | irish-american | marching band | military life | west point | mentor protégé relationship | military academy | life during wartime | irish immigrant | army cadet | spanning generations | boy meets girl | exemplary officer | heritage | inspirational | military tradition | leadership | soldiers assemble | lifelong friendship | on location | irish family | biographical drama | american tradition | loving couple grow old together | soldiers marching |
Cast: 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 | Ken Curtis | Tom Hennesy | Martin Milner | Mickey Simpson | Harry Tenbrook | Jean Moorhead | Chuck Courtney | Robert Ellis | Ron Nyman | Jack Pennick | Raoul Freeman | Dona Cole |

Un sergente dell'esercito americano ormai vicino alla pensione ha trascorso tutta la sua carriera all'Accademia di West Point. Per decenni si è dedicato all'addestramento dei cadetti e ha rifiutato per questo tutte le occasioni di mettersi in luce con incarichi di maggior prestigio. Tra i suoi ex allievi c'è stato anche il presidente Eisenhower in persona, dal quale ottiene di rimanere all'Accademia anche oltre i limiti d'età.

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According to the plot line of the movie, Martin "Marty" Maher retired from the Army in the 50's (Eis [...] D
In a previous post, it stated that George Patton had graduated from VMI, but did not attend West Poi [...] D
Marty and Mary did not live on West Point when first married as depicted in the film. They lived in [...] D
Red's Medal of Honor that Kitty shows to Marty and Mary is the current design that goes around the n [...] D
When Mary Maher is dying on the porch, she hears the band music and is reacting like she can see the [...] D
When Martin and Mary Mahler leave with Dinny Maher to visit newly-widowed Kitty Sundstrom in 1918 or [...] D
One of the big scenes in the film is when Marty's firstborn son dies. Marty and Mary Maher never had [...] D
In the film, Mary O'Donnell Maher dies sometime before Christmas 1944 while World War II is still ra [...] D
A previous post asserts that the attack on Pearl Harbor was at 7:55 AM which was equivalent to 12:55 [...] D
When word arrives that Abner "Cherub" Overton has been killed in action soon after the Class of 1917 [...] D
When the Pearl Harbor announcement is made during Chapel, there was no reaction shown by the people [...] D
When the Cadets are building the bonfire and celebrating the Armistice ending World War I, the backg [...] D
On Armistice Day, when the cadets are celebrating the end of the war, all of the surrounding trees a [...] D
When Marty picks his all time Army football team, he chooses Charlie Daly as quarterback. Daly was q [...] D
Cadets and officers are shown at chapel on December 7, 1941, a Sunday. An announcement is made that [...] D
Marty's farewell parade is held under overcast skies, but when Kitty and James are conversing at the [...] D
Herman Koehler was head coach at West Point from 1897 through 1900. This film shows him as coach dur [...] D
When Martin is at the hospital visiting Mary, the collar devices on his uniform are those of an offi [...] D
A previous comment about George Patton not having attended West Point is in error. Patton was enroll [...] D
Cadets and officers are shown at chapel on December 7, 1941, a Sunday. An announcement is made that [...] D
Vicente P. Lim, first cadet from the Philippine Islands, graduated with the Class of 1914, not the C [...] D
Contrary to Marty advising against it in the film, younger brother Dinny Maher did enlist in the US [...] D
One of Marty Maher's many early duties as a recruit are various maintenance jobs, like cleaning up t [...] D
During the Army/Notre Dame football game of 1913, actors referred to Notre Dame as The Fighting Iris [...] D
Martin Maher Sr. is shown attempting to enlist in the Army upon the United States' entry in World Wa [...] D
Interrupting the sermon, an announcement is made in the chapel regarding the Pearl Harbor attacks. O [...] D
When Mary and Marty are at the cemetery putting flowers on Martin Mahers grave site, the time is sup [...] D
The lyrics cadets "spontaneously" sing in chapel is the rarely-heard fourth verse of "America" ("My [...] D
In the scene where Martin meets Mary outside the gymnasium, he is carrying an armful of boxing glove [...] D
According to the storyline, Maher arrived at West Point no earlier than 1902, but Herman Koehler was [...] D
In the scene where Marty Maher (Tyrone Power) is giving swimming instructions to the West Point cade [...] D
When Martin Maher, Sr is attempting to enlist in the Army, the official at the physical examining st [...] D