The High and the Mighty

Jul 3, 1954

2h 27m

★ 5.9

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

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 - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Wayne-Fellows Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

The High and the Mighty Trailers

Cast

Dan Roman

John Wayne

May Holst

Claire Trevor

Lydia Rice

Laraine Day

John Sullivan

Robert Stack

Sally McKee

Jan Sterling

Ed Joseph

Phil Harris

Gustave Pardee

Robert Newton

Ken Childs

David Brian

Donald Flaherty

Paul Kelly

Humphrey Agnew

Sidney Blackmer

Lillian Pardee

Julie Bishop

Gonzales

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

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