The High And The Mighty
(1954)
The High and the Mighty
The 2-Year Best-Seller Sensation! The Year's Greatest Cast!
Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling
Director: William A. Wellman
Writer: Ernest K. Gann
Language: English
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Duration: 141
Rated: NR
DVD Release: August 2005
When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.
| John Wayne | Dan Roman |
| Claire Trevor | May Holst |
| Laraine Day | Lydia Rice |
| Robert Stack | John Sullivan |
| Jan Sterling | Sally McKee |
| Phil Harris | Ed Joseph |
| Robert Newton | Gustave Pardee |
| David Brian | Ken Childs |
| Paul Kelly | Donald Flaherty |
| Sidney Blackmer | Humphrey Agnew |
| Julie Bishop | Lillian Pardee |
| Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez | Gonzales (as Gonzalez Gonzalez) |
| John Howard | Howard Rice |
| Wally Brown | Lenny Wilby, navigator |
| William Campbell | Hobie Wheeler |
| Dimitri Tiomkin | Composer |
| Ann Doran | Clara Joseph |
| Archie Stout | Cinematographer |
| John Qualen | Jose Locota |
| Paul Fix | Frank Briscoe |
| George Chandler | Ben Sneed |
| Joy Kim | Dorothy Chen |
| Michael Wellman | Toby Field |
| Douglas Fowley | Alsop |
| Regis Toomey | Tim Garfield |
| Carl Switzer | Ensign Keim |
| Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer | Ensign Keim (as Carl Switzer) |
| Robert Keys | Lieutenant Mowbray |
| William Hopper | Roy (as William Dewolf Hopper) |
| William Schallert | Dispatcher |
| Julie Mitchum | Susie Wilby |
| Doe Avedon | Miss Spalding |
| Karen Sharpe | Nell Buck |
| John Smith | Milo Buck |
| Walter Reed | Mr. Fields |
| Scotty Beckett | Coast Guard Navigator |
| Douglas Kennedy | Boyd |
| John Close | Mechanic |
| Robert Easton | Cargo Clerk |
| James Conaty | Mrs. Joseph's Doctor |
| Dorothy Ford | Mrs. Wilson |
| Al Hill | San Francisco Ground Crewman |
| Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| William Hudson | Reporter |
| Alfred Ybarra | Art Direction |
| Robert A. Mattey | Special Effects |
| John Indrisano | Radar Operator |
| Nate H. Edwards | Production Manager |
| Loren Cosand | Makeup Artist |
| David Leonard | Scientist |
| Al Murphy | Lighthouse Dispatcher |
| Ralph S. Hurst | Set Decoration |
| William H. O'Brien | Restaurant Cook |
| Philip Van Zandt | Mr. Wilson |
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
IMDb: 0047086
