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The High and the Mighty

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The High and the Mighty — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • July 3, 1954
  • Runtime
  • 147 min
  • Genres
  • Adventure, Drama
  • Director
  • William A. Wellman

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The High and the Mighty — Cast

John Wayne photo John Wayne Dan Roman Claire Trevor photo Claire Trevor May Holst Laraine Day photo Laraine Day Lydia Rice Robert Stack photo Robert Stack John Sullivan Jan Sterling photo Jan Sterling Sally McKee Phil Harris photo Phil Harris Ed Joseph Robert Newton photo Robert Newton Gustave Pardee David Brian photo David Brian Ken Childs

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