- HD 1080
- Runtime: 101m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Richard Brooks
- Stars: Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart, Carleton Carpenter, Russ Tamblyn
- keywords: drill instructor
- Production_studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Slogan: 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!
- The Take the High Ground! is featured in the top rankings of 1953
- #44 in Top Comedy Movies of 1953
- #93 in Top Drama Movies of 1953
- #20 in Top War Movies of 1953
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?