The High and the Mighty poster
Director William A. Wellman
Screenplay Ernest K. Gann

The High and the Mighty

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

Release Date: 1954-07-03

Duration: 147 minutes

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.

Casting

  • John Wayne
    Dan Roman
  • William Schallert
    Dispatcher
  • William Hopper
    Roy
  • Paul Fix
    Frank Briscoe
  • Phil Harris
    Ed Joseph
  • Douglas Fowley
    Alsop
  • Carl Switzer
    Ensign Keim
  • John Qualen
    Jose Locota
  • Robert Stack
    John Sullivan
  • Walter Reed
    Mr. Field (uncredited)