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The High and the Mighty

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.

1954 |2h 27m |  Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

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Cast

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John Wayne

Dan Roman

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Claire Trevor

May Holst

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Laraine Day

Lydia Rice

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Robert Stack

John Sullivan

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Jan Sterling

Sally McKee

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Phil Harris

Ed Joseph

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Robert Newton

Gustave Pardee

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David Brian

Ken Childs

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Paul Kelly

Donald Flaherty

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Sidney Blackmer

Humphrey Agnew

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Julie Bishop

Lillian Pardee

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Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Gonzales

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John Howard

Howard Rice

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Wally Brown

Lenny Wilby, navigator

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William Campbell

Hobie Wheeler

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Ann Doran

Clara Joseph

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John Qualen

Jose Locota

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Paul Fix

Frank Briscoe

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George Chandler

Ben Sneed

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Joy Kim

Dorothy Chen

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Douglas Fowley

Alsop

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Regis Toomey

Tim Garfield

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Robert Keys

Lieutenant Mowbray

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William Hopper

Roy

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William Schallert

Dispatcher

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Doe Avedon

Miss Spalding

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Karen Sharpe

Nell Buck

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John Smith

Milo Buck

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Robert Easton

Cargo Clerk (uncredited)

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Douglas Kennedy

Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited)

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Walter Reed

Mr. Field (uncredited)

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Carl Switzer

Ensign Keim

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William H. O'Brien

Restaurant Cook

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Status

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Language

English

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