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Take the High Ground

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Sergeant Thorne Ryan fought bravely in the Korean War, and now he does his part by taking new recruits through basic training in the southern United States. A drill sergeant has to be fierce and hated by his trainees, but is Ryan the monster he is thought to be?

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 08/04/2023
2/4
...stirring subject matter that’s employed to pervasively (and distressingly) hit-and-miss effect by Brooks... Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 08/20/2008
C+
The fun is in seeing the changes in the genre over the years and how army life was depicted in a bygone era. Go to Full Review
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09/22/2024 For once my low rating is shared with the majority of the audience. This film suffered from either a poor screenplay or horrendous editing. It's a bunch of disjointed incidents about army life with no coherent direction. Even the love interest is poorly developed. See more Steve D 04/06/2024 Fine but like a million others. See more 12/26/2014 Rather average, formulaic military tale of grunts being whipped into shape by tough drill sargeant Widmark, who has a few issues of his own. See more 12/30/2013 Standard boys to men saga with a bit of tortured romance thrown in made far better than it should be by Richard Widmark. See more 03/24/2013 Richard Widmark is a tough drill sergeant who prepares a bunch of green recruits for service in the Korean War. Karl Malden is his second in command who thinks Widmark is too hard on the young recruits. You've seen this story a hundred times, but who cares. The story was good and worked for "The Sands of Iwo Jima" all the way to "Heartbreak Ridge" and this film is no different. If you've got a good cast and a halfway decent sense of how to write characters, the formula will work and it works just fine here. See more 03/28/2012 life during war time See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Sergeant Thorne Ryan fought bravely in the Korean War, and now he does his part by taking new recruits through basic training in the southern United States. A drill sergeant has to be fierce and hated by his trainees, but is Ryan the monster he is thought to be?
Director
Richard Brooks
Producer
Dore Schary
Screenwriter
Millard Kaufman
Distributor
USA Films
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 30, 1953, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 15, 2016
Runtime
1h 41m