The High and the Mighty
William A. Wellman1954-07-03
The 2-Year Best-Seller Sensation! The Year's Greatest Cast!
5.9
147 min
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.
Cast
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John Wayne | Dan Roman | Unowned |
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Claire Trevor | May Holst | Unowned |
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Laraine Day | Lydia Rice | Unowned |
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Robert Stack | John Sullivan | Unowned |
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Jan Sterling | Sally McKee | Unowned |
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Phil Harris | Ed Joseph | Unowned |
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Robert Newton | Gustave Pardee | Unowned |
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David Brian | Ken Childs | Unowned |
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Paul Kelly | Donald Flaherty | Unowned |
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Sidney Blackmer | Humphrey Agnew | Unowned |
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Julie Bishop | Lillian Pardee | Unowned |
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Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez | Gonzales | Unowned |
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John Howard | Howard Rice | Unowned |
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Wally Brown | Lenny Wilby, navigator | Unowned |
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William Campbell | Hobie Wheeler | Unowned |
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Ann Doran | Clara Joseph | Unowned |
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John Qualen | Jose Locota | Unowned |
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Paul Fix | Frank Briscoe | Unowned |
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George Chandler | Ben Sneed | Unowned |
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Joy Kim | Dorothy Chen | Unowned |
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Michael Wellman | Toby Fields | Unowned |
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Douglas Fowley | Alsop | Unowned |
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Regis Toomey | Tim Garfield | Unowned |
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Robert Keys | Lieutenant Mowbray | Unowned |
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William Hopper | Roy | Unowned |
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William Schallert | Dispatcher | Unowned |
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Julie Mitchum | Susie Wilby | Unowned |
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Doe Avedon | Miss Spalding | Unowned |
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Karen Sharpe | Nell Buck | Unowned |
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John Smith | Milo Buck | Unowned |
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Robert Easton | Cargo Clerk (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Douglas Kennedy | Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Walter Reed | Mr. Field (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Carl Switzer | Ensign Keim | Unowned |
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William H. O'Brien | Restaurant Cook | Unowned |