TAKE THE HIGH GROUND! (1953)

Take the High Ground!
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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!
Comedy, Drama, War
October 30, 1953
English
1h 41m
United States
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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?

Cast & Characters

Richard Widmark

Sgt. Thorne Ryan

Karl Malden

Sgt. Laverne Holt

Elaine Stewart

Julie Mollison

Carleton Carpenter

Merton "Tex" Tolliver

Russ Tamblyn

Paul Jamison

Jerome Courtland

Elvin C. Carey

Steve Forrest

Lobo Nagalaski

Robert Arthur

Donald Quentin Dover IV

Maurice Jara

Franklin D. No Bear

William Hairston

Daniel Hazard

Bert Freed

Sgt. Vince Opperman

Acquanetta

Bar Girl (uncredited)

Matilda Caldwell

Mrs. Hazard (uncredited)

Charlita

Mexican Girl (uncredited)

John Close

Military Policeman (uncredited)

Joe Dominguez

Shooting Gallery Proprietor (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Army Doctor (uncredited)

Nacho Galindo

Mexican Man (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Army Doctor (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer

Shorty (uncredited)

Don Haggerty

Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Army Doctor (uncredited)

Harry Hines

Drunk (uncredited)

Gordon Jones

Moose (uncredited)

Richard Landry

Recruit (uncredited)

Crew

Millard Kaufman

Screenplay

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

John Alton

Director of Photography

Dore Schary

Producer

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