
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

Harry Hines
Drunk (uncredited)

Gordon Jones
Moose (uncredited)

Lester Dorr
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Jack Gargan
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer
Shorty (uncredited)

Vernon Rich
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Acquanetta
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Bill Lee
Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)

Carleton Carpenter
Merton "Tex" Tolliver

Steve Forrest
Lobo Nagalaski

Don Haggerty
Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Steve Mitchell
Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson
Carey's Father (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Elaine Stewart
Julie Mollison

Charlita
Mexican Girl (uncredited)

Nacho Galindo
Mexican Man (uncredited)

Creighton Hale
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Bert Freed
Sgt. Vince Opperman

Jerome Courtland
Elvin C. Carey

Robert Arthur
Donald Quentin Dover IV

Maurice Jara
Franklin D. No Bear

Regis Toomey
Chaplain (uncredited)

Richard Widmark
Sgt. Thorne Ryan

Karl Malden
Sgt. Laverne Holt

Russ Tamblyn
Paul Jamison