The High and the Mighty

Directed by William A. Wellman
Not Rated
1954    2h 27mAction, Adventure,
6.646%58%
On a flight from Hawaii to California, the engine dies on the plane Dan is flying. As he prepares for a crash landing, the passengers reassess their lives. The template for disaster movies with an Oscar-winning score and a cast list that reads like a who's who of 1950s film.

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Cast of The High and the Mighty

  • John WayneDan Roman
  • Claire TrevorMay Holst
  • Laraine DayLydia Rice
  • Robert StackJohn Sullivan
  • Jan SterlingSally McKee
  • Phil HarrisEd Joseph
  • Robert NewtonGustave Pardee
  • David BrianKen Childs
  • Paul KellyDonald Flaherty
  • Sidney BlackmerHumphrey Agnew
  • Julie BishopLillian Pardee
  • Pedro Gonzalez GonzalezGonzales
  • John HowardHoward Rice
  • Wally BrownLenny Wilby, navigator
  • William CampbellHobie Wheeler
  • Ann DoranClara Joseph
  • John QualenJose Locota
  • Paul FixFrank Briscoe
  • George ChandlerBen Sneed
  • Joy KimDorothy Chen
  • Michael WellmanToby Fields
  • Douglas FowleyAlsop
  • Regis ToomeyTim Garfield
  • Robert KeysLieutenant Mowbray
  • William HopperRoy
  • William SchallertDispatcher
  • Julie MitchumSusie Wilby
  • Doe AvedonMiss Spalding
  • Karen SharpeNell Buck
  • John SmithMilo Buck
  • Robert EastonCargo Clerk (uncredited)
  • Douglas KennedyBoyd, Public Relations (uncredited)
  • Walter ReedMr. Field (uncredited)
  • Carl SwitzerEnsign Keim
  • William H. O'BrienRestaurant Cook

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