Bibliograph

Take the high ground!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; story and screen play by Millard Kaufman ; produced by Dore Schary ; directed by Richard Brooks

Type

Label

Take the high ground!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; story and screen play by Millard Kaufman ; produced by Dore Schary ; directed by Richard Brooks

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: Not rated

Main title

Take the high ground!

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

949906790

Responsibility statement

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; story and screen play by Millard Kaufman ; produced by Dore Schary ; directed by Richard Brooks

Runtime

101

Summary

A military discipline drama, "Take the High Ground" focuses on the mixed fortunes of a young, naive recruit, Merton Tolliver, whose inability to adapt to army life puts him in direct conflict with tough army sergeant, Thorne Ryan. Set during the Korean War, this film has a standard boot camp training narrative, in the same vein of "From Here to Eternity" (also 1953); there is even a love triangle with Ryan and fellow sergeant Laverne Holt. For an air of realism, the filmmakers used actual soldiers in the training drill sequences but the mawkish sentimentality of the script undermines any serious theatrical intentions in favour of a predictable "life lessons" melodrama

Technique

live action

Classification