The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty (1954)

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Action Adventure Drama Thriller

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 - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.

star 5.9 6.6 46%
  • Release Date: 1954-07-03
  • Runtime: 2h 27min
  • Director: William A. Wellman

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • John Wayne

      Dan Roman

    • Claire Trevor

      May Holst

    • Laraine Day

      Lydia Rice

    • Robert Stack

      John Sullivan

    • Jan Sterling

      Sally McKee

    • Phil Harris

      Ed Joseph

    • Robert Newton

      Gustave Pardee

    • David Brian

      Ken Childs

    • Paul Kelly

      Donald Flaherty

    • Sidney Blackmer

      Humphrey Agnew

    • Julie Bishop

      Lillian Pardee

    • Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

      Gonzales

    • John Howard

      Howard Rice

    • Wally Brown

      Lenny Wilby, navigator

    • William Campbell

      Hobie Wheeler

    • Ann Doran

      Clara Joseph

    • John Qualen

      Jose Locota

    • Paul Fix

      Frank Briscoe

    • George Chandler

      Ben Sneed

    • Joy Kim

      Dorothy Chen

    • Michael Wellman

      Toby Fields

    • Douglas Fowley

      Alsop

    • Regis Toomey

      Tim Garfield

    • Robert Keys

      Lieutenant Mowbray

    • William Hopper

      Roy

    • William Schallert

      Dispatcher

    • Julie Mitchum

      Susie Wilby

    • Doe Avedon

      Miss Spalding

    • Karen Sharpe

      Nell Buck

    • John Smith

      Milo Buck

    • Robert Easton

      Cargo Clerk (uncredited)

    • Douglas Kennedy

      Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited)

    • Walter Reed

      Mr. Field (uncredited)

    • Carl Switzer

      Ensign Keim

    • William H. O'Brien

      Restaurant Cook

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