The High and the Mighty (1954)2h27
Adventure · Drama
Director William A. Wellman (7.3 avg)
Also directed The Ox-Bow Incident, The Public Enemy, Wings, and 72 more
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.
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Cast
John Wayne
Claire Trevor
Laraine Day
Robert Stack
Jan Sterling
Phil Harris
Robert Newton
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