Take the High Ground!
Take the High Ground!
Release: 1953-10-30
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 5.9
Comedy
Drama
War
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?
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Maurice Jara
as Franklin D. No Bear
Acquanetta
as Bar Girl (uncredited)
Regis Toomey
as Chaplain (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
as Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
Russ Tamblyn
as Paul Jamison
Robert Arthur
as Donald Quentin Dover IV
Bert Freed
as Sgt. Vince Opperman
Creighton Hale
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
Harry Hines
as Drunk (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
Don Haggerty
as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
Gordon Jones
as Moose (uncredited)
Vernon Rich
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
as Bar Girl (uncredited)
Nacho Galindo
as Mexican Man (uncredited)
Steve Forrest
as Lobo Nagalaski
Karl Malden
as Sgt. Laverne Holt
Elaine Stewart
as Julie Mollison
Jerome Courtland
as Elvin C. Carey
Richard Widmark
as Sgt. Thorne Ryan
Carleton Carpenter
as Merton "Tex" Tolliver
Steve Mitchell
as Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
as Carey's Father (uncredited)
Charlita
as Mexican Girl (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
as Shorty (uncredited)
Bill Lee
as Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)
Crew
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Richard Brooks
Director
Dore Schary
Producer
Rai Sanders
Stunts
Jerry Thorpe
Assistant Director
John Alton
Director of Photography
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Fritz Ford
Stunts