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The High and the Mighty

5.9 (75 reviews)
147 minutes
1954
Action•Adventure•Drama•Thriller

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.

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

Julie Bishop

Julie Bishop

Lillian Pardee

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Gonzales

John Howard

John Howard

Howard Rice

Wally Brown

Wally Brown

Lenny Wilby, navigator

William Campbell

William Campbell

Hobie Wheeler

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