The High and the Mighty
“The 2-Year Best-Seller Sensation! The Year's Greatest Cast!”
1954•NR•2h 27m•5.9•Released
AdventureDramaThriller
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.
Director
William A. Wellman
Writer
Ernest K. Gann
Languages
English
Studio
Wayne-Fellows Productions
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
Production
Company
Wayne-Fellows Productions
Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer
John Wayne
Producer
Robert Fellows
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