
Feature film — 1954
The High and the Mighty (1954)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 91 votes.
Wayne-Fellows Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures
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Director: William A. Wellman
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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