The High and the Mighty

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Duration: 147 min

Release date: 1954-07-03

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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.

Action Adventure Drama Thriller

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as John Sullivan

as Gustave Pardee

as Donald Flaherty

Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

as Humphrey Agnew

as Lillian Pardee

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

as Lenny Wilby, navigator

William Campbell

William Campbell

as Hobie Wheeler

as Clara Joseph

as Frank Briscoe

George Chandler

George Chandler

as Dorothy Chen

Michael Wellman

Michael Wellman

as Tim Garfield

as Lieutenant Mowbray

William Schallert

William Schallert

as Miss Spalding

as Cargo Clerk (uncredited)

Douglas Kennedy

Douglas Kennedy

as Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited)

as Mr. Field (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

as Restaurant Cook

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William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman

Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Robert A. Mattey

Robert A. Mattey

Special Effects

Nate H. Edwards

Nate H. Edwards

Production Manager

Margaret Donovan

Margaret Donovan

Sound Recordist

William H. Clothier

William H. Clothier

Andrew V. McLaglen

Andrew V. McLaglen

Assistant Director

Script Supervisor

Joseph La Bella

Joseph La Bella

Property Master

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