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The High and the Mighty

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

5.9

2h 27m

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.

Director

William A. Wellman

Trailer

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Cast & Crew

John Wayne

John Wayne

as Dan Roman

Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

as May Holst

Laraine Day

Laraine Day

as Lydia Rice

Robert Stack

Robert Stack

as John Sullivan

Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

as Sally McKee

Phil Harris

Phil Harris

as Ed Joseph

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

as Gustave Pardee

David Brian

David Brian

as Ken Childs

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

as Donald Flaherty

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