

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!
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?
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Writers
- Millard Kaufman,Millard Kaufman
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Crew
Directing
- Richard BrooksDirector
- Jerry ThorpeAssistant Director
Writing
- Millard KaufmanScreenplay
- Millard KaufmanStory
Production
- Dore ScharyProducer
- Herman HoffmanAssociate Producer
Camera
- John AltonDirector of Photography
Editing
- John D. DunningEditor
Sound
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
- Douglas ShearerRecording Supervision
- Conrad KahnSound
Art
- Alfred E. SpencerSet Decoration
- Edwin B. WillisSet Decoration
- Edward C. CarfagnoArt Direction
- Cedric GibbonsArt Direction
- Mentor HuebnerProduction Illustrator
- Frank WesselhoffPainter
Costume & Make-Up
- John TruweMakeup Artist
- William TuttleMakeup Artist
Crew
- Rai SandersStunts
- Fritz FordStunts
- Guy WayStunts
- George RobothamStunts
- Walter K. SimsTechnical Advisor