The Long Gray Line
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The Long Gray Line is a 1955 American Technicolor biographical comedy-drama film in CinemaScope directed by John Ford based on the life of Marty Maher and his autobiography, Bringing Up the Brass, co-
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Robert Francis (actor)
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Robert Charles Francis was an American actor. He appeared in only four Hollywood films, all with military themes, before he was killed at age 25 in the crash of a small airplane he was piloting.
The Long Gray Line
…at West Point, including the so-called "million dollar view" of the Hudson River near the parade grounds. The film was the last one in which actor Robert Francis appeared before his death at age 25 in an air crash. His rising stardom had reached third billing behind Power and O'Hara at the time of his death…
Robert Francis in 1955 at age 25
Robert Francis as Willie Keith in The Caine Mutiny