The Long Gray Line (1955)

For better or worse, some people find themselves thrown onto a singular life path that is almost impossible to stray off from. That is what happens to Tyrone Power’s Martin Maher. Upon immigrating to the United States from Ireland, he gets a job at West Point and for the next 50 years, that is where he stays. On one hand, it’s a casual telling of the history of West Point through one man’s experiences, as he watches class after class of cadets graduate and shape world events. On the other, it demonstrates the cyclical of each person’s life and the consequences of the decisions that they may or may not have the free will to make, for better or worse.