The High and the Mighty

July. 03,1954      NR
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

John Wayne as  Dan Roman
Claire Trevor as  May Holst
Laraine Day as  Lydia Rice
Robert Stack as  John Sullivan
Jan Sterling as  Sally McKee
Phil Harris as  Ed Joseph
Robert Newton as  Gustave Pardee
David Brian as  Ken Childs
Paul Kelly as  Donald Flaherty
Sidney Blackmer as  Humphrey Agnew

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