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The High and the Mighty

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

5.9

1954•2h 27m

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

Photo of John Wayne

John Wayne

Dan Roman

Photo of Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

May Holst

Photo of Laraine Day

Laraine Day

Lydia Rice

Photo of Robert Stack

Robert Stack

John Sullivan

Photo of Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

Sally McKee

Photo of Phil Harris

Phil Harris

Ed Joseph

Photo of Robert Newton

Robert Newton

Gustave Pardee

Photo of David Brian

David Brian

Ken Childs

Photo of Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Donald Flaherty

Photo of Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

Humphrey Agnew

Photo of Julie Bishop

Julie Bishop

Lillian Pardee

Photo of Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Gonzales

Photo of John Howard

John Howard

Howard Rice

Photo of Wally Brown

Wally Brown

Lenny Wilby, navigator

Photo of William Campbell

William Campbell

Hobie Wheeler

Photo of Ann Doran

Ann Doran

Clara Joseph

Photo of John Qualen

John Qualen

Jose Locota

Photo of Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Frank Briscoe

Photo of George Chandler

George Chandler

Ben Sneed

Photo of Joy Kim

Joy Kim

Dorothy Chen

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