The High and the Mighty

Name: The High and the Mighty
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1954-07-03
Duration: 2 h 27 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling

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The High and the Mighty (1954)

Timing: 2:27 (147 min)

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Release date

1954-07-03

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Wayne-Fellows Productions

Genre

Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

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Director

William A. Wellman

Actors

John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Sidney Blackmer
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Producer

John Wayne, Robert Fellows

Operator

Archie Stout

Composer

Dimitri Tiomkin

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Editing

Ralph Dawson
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Short description

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 that takes a terrifying turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean after the point of no return.