The High and the Mighty
The 2-Year Best-Seller Sensation! The Year's Greatest Cast!
1954
Rated
NR
147
minutes
Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Directed By:
William A. Wellman
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.
Language
English
Release Date
July 3, 1954
Academy Awards
Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score
Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
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
Michael Wellman
Toby Fields
Douglas Fowley
Alsop
Regis Toomey
Tim Garfield
Robert Keys
Lieutenant Mowbray
William Hopper
Roy
William Schallert
Dispatcher
Julie Mitchum
Susie Wilby
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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