The High and the Mighty (1954)
The 2-Year Best-Seller Sensation! The Year's Greatest Cast!
Synopsis
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
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John Wayne
as Dan Roman
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Claire Trevor
as May Holst
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Laraine Day
as Lydia Rice
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Robert Stack
as John Sullivan
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Jan Sterling
as Sally McKee
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Phil Harris
as Ed Joseph
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Robert Newton
as Gustave Pardee
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David Brian
as Ken Childs
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Paul Kelly
as Donald Flaherty
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Sidney Blackmer
as Humphrey Agnew
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Julie Bishop
as Lillian Pardee
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Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
as Gonzales
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John Howard
as Howard Rice
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Wally Brown
as Lenny Wilby, navigator
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William Campbell
as Hobie Wheeler
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Ann Doran
as Clara Joseph
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John Qualen
as Jose Locota
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Paul Fix
as Frank Briscoe
Crew
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William A. Wellman
Director
- Archie Stout Director of Photography
- Ralph Dawson Editor
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Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
- Robert Fellows Producer
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John Wayne
Producer
- Ernest K. Gann Screenplay
