
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

Vernon Rich
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Richard Widmark
Sgt. Thorne Ryan

Charlita
Mexican Girl (uncredited)

Lester Dorr
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Jack Gargan
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Russ Tamblyn
Paul Jamison

Bill Lee
Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Gordon Jones
Moose (uncredited)

Elaine Stewart
Julie Mollison

Maurice Jara
Franklin D. No Bear

Acquanetta
Bar Girl (uncredited)

Nacho Galindo
Mexican Man (uncredited)

Creighton Hale
Army Doctor (uncredited)

Karl Malden
Sgt. Laverne Holt

Harry Hines
Drunk (uncredited)

Steve Mitchell
Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)

Steve Forrest
Lobo Nagalaski

Robert Arthur
Donald Quentin Dover IV

Bert Freed
Sgt. Vince Opperman

Regis Toomey
Chaplain (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson
Carey's Father (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)

Carleton Carpenter
Merton "Tex" Tolliver

Jerome Courtland
Elvin C. Carey

Dabbs Greer
Shorty (uncredited)

Don Haggerty
Commanding Officer (uncredited)