The High and the Mighty (1954)

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Movie · Adventure, Drama · 2h 27m · Rated 5.9/10 on TMDB · Released July 3, 1954

Overview

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.

Directed by William A. Wellman

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

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