
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

Maurice Jara
Franklin D. No Bear

Dabbs Greer
Shorty (uncredited)

Steve Mitchell
Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)

Vernon Rich
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Russ Tamblyn
Paul Jamison

Lester Dorr
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Charlita
Mexican Girl (uncredited)

Carleton Carpenter
Merton "Tex" Tolliver

Robert Arthur
Donald Quentin Dover IV

Nacho Galindo
Mexican Man (uncredited)

Creighton Hale
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Elaine Stewart
Julie Mollison

Jerome Courtland
Elvin C. Carey

Gordon Jones
Moose (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson
Carey's Father (uncredited)

Karl Malden
Sgt. Laverne Holt

Jack Gargan
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Harry Hines
Drunk (uncredited)

Steve Forrest
Lobo Nagalaski

Bert Freed
Sgt. Vince Opperman

Acquanetta
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Bill Lee
Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Regis Toomey
Chaplain (uncredited)

Don Haggerty
Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)

Richard Widmark
Sgt. Thorne Ryan