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Take the High Ground!

Take the High Ground! Full Cast & Crew

1953Movie"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!"

Cast

R
Richard Widmark
as Sgt. Thorne Ryan
K
Karl Malden
as Sgt. Laverne Holt
E
Elaine Stewart
as Julie Mollison
C
Carleton Carpenter
as Merton "Tex" Tolliver
R
Russ Tamblyn
as Paul Jamison
J
Jerome Courtland
as Elvin C. Carey
S
Steve Forrest
as Lobo Nagalaski
R
Robert Arthur
as Donald Quentin Dover IV
M
Maurice Jara
as Franklin D. No Bear
W
William Hairston
as Daniel Hazard
B
Bert Freed
as Sgt. Vince Opperman
A
Acquanetta
as Bar Girl (uncredited)
M
Matilda Caldwell
as Mrs. Hazard (uncredited)
C
Charlita
as Mexican Girl (uncredited)
J
John Close
as Military Policeman (uncredited)
J
Joe Dominguez
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor (uncredited)
L
Lester Dorr
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
N
Nacho Galindo
as Mexican Man (uncredited)
J
Jack Gargan
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
D
Dabbs Greer
as Shorty (uncredited)
D
Don Haggerty
as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
C
Creighton Hale
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
H
Harry Hines
as Drunk (uncredited)
G
Gordon Jones
as Moose (uncredited)
R
Richard Landry
as Recruit (uncredited)
B
Bill Lee
as Singer of "Julie" (uncredited)
M
Mickey McCardle
as Soldier (uncredited)
S
Steve Mitchell
as Quartermaster Sergeant (uncredited)
T
Tom Quinn
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
V
Vernon Rich
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
S
Suzanne Ridgway
as Bar Girl (uncredited)
H
Harry Stanton
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
C
Clarence Straight
as Cowboy (uncredited)
R
Regis Toomey
as Chaplain (uncredited)
T
Tommy Walker
as Soldier (uncredited)
G
Guy Wilkerson
as Carey's Father (uncredited)
R
Robert B. Williams
as Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
W
Wilson Wood
as Marine Friend (uncredited)

Crew

D
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
M
Millard Kaufman
Screenplay
R
Richard Brooks
Director
M
Millard Kaufman
Story
D
Dore Schary
Producer
H
Herman Hoffman
Associate Producer
J
John Alton
Director of Photography
A
Alfred E. Spencer
Set Decoration
E
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
C
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
J
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
W
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
E
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction
J
John D. Dunning
Editor
G
Guy Way
Stunts
J
Jerry Thorpe
Assistant Director
G
George Robotham
Stunts
F
Fritz Ford
Stunts
C
Conrad Kahn
Sound
W
Walter K. Sims
Technical Advisor
R
Ray Saunders
Stunts
M
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
D
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
F
Frank Wesselhoff
Painter