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The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

The 2-Year Best-Seller Sensation! The Year's Greatest Cast!

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.

ActionAdventureDramaThriller

Release: 1954-07-03Runtime: 147 minRating: 5.9 (80)

Cast

John Wayne

John Wayne

Dan Roman

Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

May Holst

Laraine Day

Laraine Day

Lydia Rice

Robert Stack

Robert Stack

John Sullivan

Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

Sally McKee

Phil Harris

Phil Harris

Ed Joseph

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

Gustave Pardee

David Brian

David Brian

Ken Childs

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Donald Flaherty

Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

Humphrey Agnew

Crew

Alfred Ybarra

Art Direction

Ernest K. Gann

Screenplay

Robert Fellows

Producer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Archie Stout

Director of Photography

Ralph Dawson

Editor

William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman

Director

John Wayne

John Wayne

Producer

Ernest K. Gann

Novel

Nate H. Edwards

Production Manager

Clips & Videos

Joe Dante on THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY

Joe Dante on THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY

The High and the Mighty - Trailer

The High and the Mighty - Trailer