Take the High Ground!

1953 "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!"
Take the High Ground!
6| 1h41m| en| Drama, Comedy
Storyline

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?

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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  • Take the High Ground! Cast
Richard Widmark as Sgt. Thorne Ryan
Karl Malden as Sgt. Laverne Holt
Elaine Stewart as Julie Mollison
Carleton Carpenter as Merton "Tex" Tolliver
Russ Tamblyn as Paul Jamison
Jerome Courtland as Elvin C. Carey
Steve Forrest as Lobo Nagalaski
Robert Arthur as Donald Quentin Dover IV
Maurice Jara as Franklin D. No Bear