West Point staffer Marty Maher (b. 1876), who came there from Tipperary as a waiter, enlisted in 1898, instructed several generations of plebes in boxing, swimming and tradition, stayed at West Point all his life, his romance and marriage to Mary O'Donnell, and his declining years after her death (1948). He was buried there in 1961.
first 35 mins y can tell Tyrone Power is perfect for even a comic silent movie some stupid and pathetic character then the film becomes a drama y realize maybe Robert Mitchum Henry Fonda or even G...
“跟你说了多少遍，我的名字叫马蒂！不是本年度最有名的那个君子好逑的马蒂，是西点军校版万世师表的马蒂。”……其实并不太好看。约翰福特这次把视角从“西部”或“前线”挪到一片祥和的大后方，失去了战火纷飞大敌当前环境险恶高山峻岭白云叠嶂骏马奔腾的情绪平衡，再照搬以往自信乐观的群戏角塑模式就显得过于闹腾，老福特到底不是霍克斯，无法因材施变拍出真正闹腾的怪人喜剧，影片常常处在似喜非喜似正非正角色莫名自嗨的尴尬...
片子的确是站在西点军校的立场来展开叙事的，承认西点对美国战事的客观贡献。但只有一味的歌颂吗？无论是马提初到西点被各种压榨到后来其好友、学生统统被送上战场不再生还。一面奖章换不回一条条性命，西点铸造了他们，也终结了他们的性命。夫妻、父子、师生，各种情感关系，还是夫妻之间的喜剧效果让人印象深刻。
美式主旋律影片，套路有点重，换那年代其他导演拍出来也是这味儿，其他还好吧。
在那个州长出现之后，福特就开始真正缅怀了。爱尔兰人，天主教爱国主义。传统，每个人名都有据可考。
