The High and the Mighty
79 reviews
Action/Adventure
2h 27m
1954
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...
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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.
- DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
- Release3 July 1954
- Genre
- Duration2h 27m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate79 reviews
- Productions
Wayne-Fellows Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
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

Douglas Fowley
Alsop

Regis Toomey
Tim Garfield

Robert Keys
Lieutenant Mowbray

William Hopper
Roy

William Schallert
Dispatcher

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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