TAKE THE HIGH GROUND (1953) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Richard Brooks
Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart,
Russ Tamblyn, Carleton Carpenter, Steve Forrest,
Robert Arthur, Jerome Courtland, Bert Freed
Widmark and Malden play Army drill sergeants whipping a platoon of new recruits into shape. That's the movie, really, except for a melodramatic subplot that's off-base in more ways than one. Anybody who's survived basic training will see something they recognize in Widmark's Sgt. Ryan. Straighten up, soldier. Inspection at 06:00.
