Take the High Ground! poster

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!

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Take the High Ground! — Plot

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?

  • Release date
  • October 30, 1953
  • Runtime
  • 101 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Drama, War
  • Director
  • Richard Brooks

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Take the High Ground! — Cast

Richard Widmark photo Richard Widmark Sgt. Thorne Ryan Karl Malden photo Karl Malden Sgt. Laverne Holt Elaine Stewart photo Elaine Stewart Julie Mollison Carleton Carpenter photo Carleton Carpenter Merton "Tex" Tolliver Russ Tamblyn photo Russ Tamblyn Paul Jamison Jerome Courtland photo Jerome Courtland Elvin C. Carey Steve Forrest photo Steve Forrest Lobo Nagalaski Robert Arthur photo Robert Arthur Donald Quentin Dover IV

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