Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Take the High Ground!
From its rowdy, ribald horse-play, to its rousing marching song... from its hard-boiled hates and slugging feuds to its tough-but tender love story... this is a drama of our times... exciting, exalting, young, brave and alive!
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to new Army recruits at Fort Bliss, Texas. But is he really the man he is often described as? His fellow instructor, and friend helps him to face the ghosts of his past experiences in Korea. One night in a bar across the border in Juarez, Mexico, Sgt. Ryan meets a lady who begins to turn his life around. Will this be enough to help him deal with the past? Or will he continue to be so hard on his troops?
- Original title
- Take the High Ground!
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
Richard Widmark
Sgt. Thorne Ryan
Karl Malden
Sgt. Laverne Holt
Elaine Stewart
Julie Mollison
Carleton Carpenter
Merton "Tex" Tolliver
Russ Tamblyn
Paul Jamison
Jerome Courtland
Elvin C. Carey
Steve Forrest
Lobo Nagalaski
Robert Arthur
Donald Quentin Dover IV
Maurice Jara
Franklin D. No Bear
Bert Freed
Sgt. Vince Opperman
Acquanetta
Bar Girl (uncredited)
Charlita
Mexican Girl (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Army Doctor (uncredited)
Nacho Galindo
Mexican Man (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Army Doctor (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Shorty (uncredited)
Don Haggerty
Commanding Officer (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Army Doctor (uncredited)
Harry Hines
Drunk (uncredited)
Gordon Jones
Moose (uncredited)
Bill Lee
Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)
Steve Mitchell
Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)
Vernon Rich
Army Doctor (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Bar Girl (uncredited)
Regis Toomey
Chaplain (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Carey's Father (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
John Alton
Director of Photography
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Fritz Ford
Stunts
Rai Sanders
Stunts
Jerry Thorpe
Assistant Director
Richard Brooks
Director
Dore Schary
Producer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
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Oct 30, 1953
