
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?
Director Richard Brooks
Cast

Steve Mitchell
Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)

Richard Widmark
Sgt. Thorne Ryan

Nacho Galindo
Mexican Man (uncredited)

Creighton Hale
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Bill Lee
Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)

Jerome Courtland
Elvin C. Carey

Acquanetta
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Lester Dorr
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Harry Hines
Drunk (uncredited)

Gordon Jones
Moose (uncredited)

Vernon Rich
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Karl Malden
Sgt. Laverne Holt

Suzanne Ridgway
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Elaine Stewart
Julie Mollison

Russ Tamblyn
Paul Jamison

Bert Freed
Sgt. Vince Opperman

Guy Wilkerson
Carey's Father (uncredited)

Steve Forrest
Lobo Nagalaski

Robert Arthur
Donald Quentin Dover IV

Charlita
Mexican Girl (uncredited)

Regis Toomey
Chaplain (uncredited)

Maurice Jara
Franklin D. No Bear

Jack Gargan
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Don Haggerty
Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Carleton Carpenter
Merton "Tex" Tolliver

Dabbs Greer
Shorty (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)