The High and the Mighty

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.

Main Cast

John Wayne

Dan Roman

Age : 72 | Popularity : 23%

Claire Trevor

May Holst

Age : 90 | Popularity : 8%

Laraine Day

Lydia Rice

Age : 87 | Popularity : 4%

Robert Stack

John Sullivan

Age : 84 | Popularity : 7%

Jan Sterling

Sally McKee

Age : 82 | Popularity : 14%

Phil Harris

Ed Joseph

Age : 91 | Popularity : 9%

Robert Newton

Gustave Pardee

Age : 50 | Popularity : 7%

David Brian

Ken Childs

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production	Producer	John Wayne Robert Fellows
	Production Manager	Nate H. Edwards
Art	Set Decoration	Ralph S. Hurst
	Art Direction	Alfred Ybarra
Crew	Special Effects	Robert A. Mattey
Directing	Director	William A. Wellman
Camera	Director of Photography	Archie Stout
Editing	Editor	Ralph Dawson
Writing	Screenplay	Ernest K. Gann
	Novel	Ernest K. Gann
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Loren Cosand
Department	Role	Name

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