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The High and the Mighty

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

1954★ 5.9 · 842h 27mAdventureDramaThriller

Overview

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.

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Cast

John Wayne
as Dan Roman

William Schallert
as Dispatcher

Paul Fix
as Frank Briscoe

William Hopper
as Roy

Robert Stack
as John Sullivan

Ann Doran
as Clara Joseph

Regis Toomey
as Tim Garfield

Claire Trevor
as May Holst

Robert Easton
as Cargo Clerk (uncredited)

Douglas Fowley
as Alsop

Phil Harris
as Ed Joseph

Sidney Blackmer
as Humphrey Agnew

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Release date: 1954-07-03

Runtime: 2h 27m

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AdventureDramaThriller

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