
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

Richard Widmark
Sgt. Thorne Ryan

Elaine Stewart
Julie Mollison

Don Haggerty
Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Karl Malden
Sgt. Laverne Holt

Russ Tamblyn
Paul Jamison

Maurice Jara
Franklin D. No Bear

Acquanetta
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Creighton Hale
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Regis Toomey
Chaplain (uncredited)

Bert Freed
Sgt. Vince Opperman

Charlita
Mexican Girl (uncredited)

Harry Hines
Drunk (uncredited)

Bill Lee
Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)

Carleton Carpenter
Merton "Tex" Tolliver

Nacho Galindo
Mexican Man (uncredited)

Gordon Jones
Moose (uncredited)

Jack Gargan
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer
Shorty (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)

Steve Mitchell
Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)

Vernon Rich
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Jerome Courtland
Elvin C. Carey

Steve Forrest
Lobo Nagalaski

Robert Arthur
Donald Quentin Dover IV

Lester Dorr
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson
Carey's Father (uncredited)