The High and the Mighty (1954)

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

Movie · 1954 · 2h 27m · Released · Rated NR · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis

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
  • 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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