
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

Jerome Courtland
Elvin C. Carey

Lester Dorr
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer
Shorty (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Vernon Rich
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson
Carey's Father (uncredited)

Karl Malden
Sgt. Laverne Holt

Elaine Stewart
Julie Mollison

Robert Arthur
Donald Quentin Dover IV

Maurice Jara
Franklin D. No Bear

Bert Freed
Sgt. Vince Opperman

Don Haggerty
Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Steve Forrest
Lobo Nagalaski

Robert B. Williams
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)

Carleton Carpenter
Merton "Tex" Tolliver

Acquanetta
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Russ Tamblyn
Paul Jamison

Charlita
Mexican Girl (uncredited)

Creighton Hale
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Harry Hines
Drunk (uncredited)

Gordon Jones
Moose (uncredited)

Nacho Galindo
Mexican Man (uncredited)

Jack Gargan
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Bill Lee
Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)

Steve Mitchell
Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)

Regis Toomey
Chaplain (uncredited)