Beyond Glory

Beyond Glory (1948)

NEVER A LADD LIKE THIS...NEVER A PICTURE LIKE..."BEYOND GLORY"

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls for her, she encourages him to go to West Point. While there he faces serious disciplinary review for having forced a plebe into resigning. He may even be court-martialled.

Date of release
1948-08-03
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Drama
Director
John Farrow

Casting

Interesting facts

Beyond Glory is a 1948 American drama film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd and Donna Reed. Written by William Wister Haines, Jonathan Latimer, and Charles Marquis Warren, the film is about a former soldier who thinks he may have caused the death of his commanding officer in Tunisia. After visiting the officer's widow, they fall in love, and she encourages him to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Production

The movie was originally known as The Long Gray Line, a reference to the unbroken line of officers produced by West Point over the years. Paramount assigned William Wister Haines to write the script in March 1947 and he went to West Point for research. Producer Robert Fellows met with West Point's superintendent, General Maxwell D. Taylor, who promised co-operation. Fellows and Haines shot documentary footage at West Point in June.

The same month Audie Murphy was cast. He had been under contract to James and William Cagney for a year and a half but they had never used him in a film. His appearance in the film was technically a "loan out" but Murphy received all his fee for this film.

The film was made with the co operation of West Point. Filming started on location at West Point in early September 1947. That week, Joan Caulfield was replaced by Donna Reed, who had to be borrowed from MGM.

Gerald J Higgins acted as technical adviser.

In November 1947 the film was re-titled Now and Forever. The following March it became Beyond Glory.

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