Friday, 15 November 2013

A vague point

The Long Gray Line (1955)

Directed by John Ford this film based on a true story stars Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara and Ward Bond. An Irish immigrant spends fifty years working at West Point helping train future Army officers.

Like many other films by John Ford this film has characters of Irish decent, some slapstick comedy and themes of military duty. Mostly this is a fairly simple story that only gets a little overly sentimental towards the end. As with any John Ford film this is a well made effort but not one of his more remarkable or stand out films.


3/5

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