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The High and the Mighty

Genres
Action
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
Rating
5.9
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date1954-07-03
Runtime147 mins

Overview

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 & Crew

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John Wayne

as Dan Roman

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Claire Trevor

as May Holst

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Laraine Day

as Lydia Rice

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Robert Stack

as John Sullivan

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Jan Sterling

as Sally McKee

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Phil Harris

as Ed Joseph

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Robert Newton

as Gustave Pardee

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David Brian

as Ken Childs

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Paul Kelly

as Donald Flaherty

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Sidney Blackmer

as Humphrey Agnew

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Julie Bishop

as Lillian Pardee

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Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

as Gonzales

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John Howard

as Howard Rice

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Wally Brown

as Lenny Wilby, navigator

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William Campbell

as Hobie Wheeler

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Ann Doran

as Clara Joseph

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John Qualen

as Jose Locota

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Paul Fix

as Frank Briscoe

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George Chandler

as Ben Sneed

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Joy Kim

as Dorothy Chen

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Michael Wellman

as Toby Fields

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Douglas Fowley

as Alsop

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Regis Toomey

as Tim Garfield

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Robert Keys

as Lieutenant Mowbray

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William Hopper

as Roy

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William Schallert

as Dispatcher

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Julie Mitchum

as Susie Wilby

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Doe Avedon

as Miss Spalding

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Karen Sharpe

as Nell Buck

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John Smith

as Milo Buck

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Robert Easton

as Cargo Clerk (uncredited)

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Douglas Kennedy

as Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited)

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Walter Reed

as Mr. Field (uncredited)

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Carl Switzer

as Ensign Keim

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William H. O'Brien

as Restaurant Cook

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