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Take the High Ground! (1953)
Directed by Richard Brooks
“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 · 1h 41m
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
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
Bert Freed
Sgt. Vince Opperman
Acquanetta
Bar Girl (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Screenplay
- Millard Kaufman
- Director of Photography
- John Alton
- Original Music Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Editor
- John D. Dunning
- Producer
- Dore Schary
Details
- Release date
- 1953-10-30
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer