The Long Gray Line (film)
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The Long Gray Line is a 1955 biographical drama film about a longtime West Point athletic instructor, directed by John Ford and starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Long Gray Line | 2 |
| The Long Gray Line (film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6081163 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Long Gray Line (film) Context triple: [Martin Milner, workedOn, The Long Gray Line (film)]
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A.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young is a non-fiction book by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway that recounts their firsthand experiences and leadership during one of the first major battles between U.S. forces and the North Vietnamese Army in the Vietnam War.
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B.
Men of Honor
Men of Honor is a 2000 biographical drama film about the struggles and achievements of Carl Brashear, the U.S. Navy’s first Black master diver.
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C.
The Fighting 69th
The Fighting 69th is a 1940 World War I drama film about the famed Irish-American 69th Infantry Regiment, starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien.
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D.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film adapted from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, exploring racism and justice within a segregated Black army unit during World War II.
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E.
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines is a 1945 World War II drama film starring John Garfield as a Marine who must adjust to life after being blinded in combat.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Long Gray Line (film) Target entity description: The Long Gray Line is a 1955 biographical drama film about a longtime West Point athletic instructor, directed by John Ford and starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara.
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A.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young is a non-fiction book by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway that recounts their firsthand experiences and leadership during one of the first major battles between U.S. forces and the North Vietnamese Army in the Vietnam War.
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B.
Men of Honor
Men of Honor is a 2000 biographical drama film about the struggles and achievements of Carl Brashear, the U.S. Navy’s first Black master diver.
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C.
The Fighting 69th
The Fighting 69th is a 1940 World War I drama film about the famed Irish-American 69th Infantry Regiment, starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien.
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D.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film adapted from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, exploring racism and justice within a segregated Black army unit during World War II.
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E.
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines is a 1945 World War II drama film starring John Garfield as a Marine who must adjust to life after being blinded in combat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | the life of Martin Maher ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Charles Lawton Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editor | Charles Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Tyrone Power as Martin Maher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActressRole | Maureen O'Hara as Mary O'Donnell Maher ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Martin Maher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Duning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysInstitution | United States Military Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Robert Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s American films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 138 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Edward Hope
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mervyn LeRoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | United States Military Academy at West Point NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Maureen O'Hara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tyrone Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | West Point athletic instructor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Long Gray Line (film) Description of subject: The Long Gray Line is a 1955 biographical drama film about a longtime West Point athletic instructor, directed by John Ford and starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Long Gray Line
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The Long Gray Line