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Take the High Ground!

1953 · Richard Brooks · 101 min

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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?

Richard WidmarkSgt. Thorne RyanKarl MaldenSgt. Laverne HoltElaine StewartJulie MollisonCarleton CarpenterMerton "Tex" TolliverRuss TamblynPaul JamisonJerome CourtlandElvin C. CareySteve ForrestLobo NagalaskiRobert ArthurDonald Quentin Dover IVMaurice JaraFranklin D. No BearWWilliam HairstonDaniel HazardBert FreedSgt. Vince OppermanAcquanettaBar Girl (uncredited)MMatilda CaldwellMrs. Hazard (uncredited)CharlitaMexican Girl (uncredited)JJohn CloseMilitary Policeman (uncredited)

Cast

Richard WidmarkSgt. Thorne RyanKarl MaldenSgt. Laverne HoltElaine StewartJulie MollisonCarleton CarpenterMerton "Tex" TolliverRuss TamblynPaul JamisonJerome CourtlandElvin C. CareySteve ForrestLobo NagalaskiRobert ArthurDonald Quentin Dover IVMaurice JaraFranklin D. No BearWWilliam HairstonDaniel HazardBert FreedSgt. Vince OppermanAcquanettaBar Girl (uncredited)MMatilda CaldwellMrs. Hazard (uncredited)CharlitaMexican Girl (uncredited)JJohn CloseMilitary Policeman (uncredited)

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