

The High and the Mighty
1954 Directed by William A. WellmanDan 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.
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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
Director
...........................................................William A. Wellman
Producer
...........................................................John Wayne
Robert Fellows
Assistant Director
...........................................................Andrew V. McLaglen
Director of Photography
...........................................................Archie Stout
Novel
...........................................................Ernest K. Gann
Art Direction
...........................................................Alfred Ybarra
Production Companies
...................................................Wayne-Fellows Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Action
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
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