The High and the Mighty (1954)
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147 min
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight that takes a terrifying turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean after the point of no return.
- Release date
- July 3, 1954
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- John Wayne as Dan Roman
- Claire Trevor as May Holst
- Laraine Day as Lydia Rice
- Robert Stack as John Sullivan
- Jan Sterling as Sally McKee
- Phil Harris as Ed Joseph
- Robert Newton as Gustave Pardee
- David Brian as Ken Childs
- Paul Kelly as Donald Flaherty
- Sidney Blackmer as Humphrey Agnew
- Julie Bishop as Lillian Pardee
- Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Gonzales
- John Howard as Howard Rice
- Wally Brown as Lenny Wilby, navigator
- William Campbell as Hobie Wheeler
- Ann Doran as Clara Joseph
- John Qualen as Jose Locota
- Paul Fix as Frank Briscoe
- George Chandler as Ben Sneed
- Joy Kim as Dorothy Chen
- Douglas Fowley as Alsop
- Regis Toomey as Tim Garfield
- Robert Keys as Lieutenant Mowbray
- William Hopper as Roy
- William Schallert as Dispatcher
- Julie Mitchum as Susie Wilby
- Doe Avedon as Miss Spalding
- Karen Sharpe as Nell Buck
- John Smith as Milo Buck
Crew
- William A. Wellman · Director
- Ernest K. Gann · Writer
- Dimitri Tiomkin · Composer
- Archie Stout · Cinematographer
- Ralph Dawson · Editor