The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty (1954)

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  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1954-07-03
  • User Rating: 5.9/10 from 70 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 27min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Wayne-Fellows Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: William A. Wellman
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Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Michael Wellman

    as Toby Fields

  • 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

  • Robert Easton

    as Cargo Clerk (uncredited)

  • Douglas Kennedy

    as Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited)

  • Walter Reed

    as Mr. Field (uncredited)

  • Carl Switzer

    as Ensign Keim

  • William H. O'Brien

    as Restaurant Cook
Directing William A. Wellman Director
Writing Ernest K. Gann Novel
Writing Ernest K. Gann Screenplay
Production Robert Fellows Producer
Production John Wayne Producer
Sound Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer
Camera Archie Stout Director of Photography
Editing Ralph Dawson Editor
Art Alfred Ybarra Art Direction
Crew Robert A. Mattey Special Effects
Production Nate H. Edwards Production Manager
Costume & Make-Up Loren Cosand Makeup Artist
Art Ralph S. Hurst Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Margaret Donovan Hairstylist
Sound John K. Kean Sound Recordist
Camera William H. Clothier Aerial Camera
Directing Andrew V. McLaglen Assistant Director
Directing Sam Freedle Script Supervisor
Art Joseph La Bella Property Master
Costume & Make-Up Gwen Wakeling Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Web Overlander Makeup Artist

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