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The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

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

5.9(92)19542h 27mReleasedMovie

Adventure Drama

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.

Top Billed 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

Production Details

Release Date

1954-07-03

Runtime

147 min

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

—

Revenue

—

Director

William A. Wellman

Writers

Ernest K. Gann

Production Companies

Wayne-Fellows Productions Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

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