The High and the Mighty (1954)

Name: The High and the Mighty
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: 1954-07-03
Duration: 147 min
Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling

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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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Released 1954-07-03 · 147 min · Adventure, Drama

Directed by William A. Wellman

Cast

John Wayne as Dan Roman
Claire Trevor as May Holst
Laraine Day as Lydia Rice
Robert Stack as John Sullivan
Jan Sterling as Sally McKee
Phil Harris as Ed Joseph
Robert Newton as Gustave Pardee
David Brian as Ken Childs
Paul Kelly as Donald Flaherty
Sidney Blackmer as Humphrey Agnew
Julie Bishop as Lillian Pardee
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Gonzales
John Howard as Howard Rice
Wally Brown as Lenny Wilby, navigator
William Campbell as Hobie Wheeler