
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

Dabbs Greer
Shorty (uncredited)

Harry Hines
Drunk (uncredited)

Bill Lee
Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)

Steve Mitchell
Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)

Richard Widmark
Sgt. Thorne Ryan

Bert Freed
Sgt. Vince Opperman

Creighton Hale
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Carleton Carpenter
Merton "Tex" Tolliver

Jack Gargan
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Gordon Jones
Moose (uncredited)

Lester Dorr
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Acquanetta
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Regis Toomey
Chaplain (uncredited)

Jerome Courtland
Elvin C. Carey

Steve Forrest
Lobo Nagalaski

Robert Arthur
Donald Quentin Dover IV

Maurice Jara
Franklin D. No Bear

Nacho Galindo
Mexican Man (uncredited)

Don Haggerty
Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson
Carey's Father (uncredited)

Karl Malden
Sgt. Laverne Holt

Elaine Stewart
Julie Mollison

Vernon Rich
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)

Russ Tamblyn
Paul Jamison

Charlita
Mexican Girl (uncredited)