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The High and the Mighty (1954)
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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. Director:William A. Wellman |
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Cast
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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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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. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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William A. Wellman's The High and the Mighty See more »Filming Locations:
Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USACompany Credits
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Ben Sneed: Hey fella, ain't you Dan Roman?
Dan Roman: Yeah.
Ben Sneed: I heard you whistlin' and I said to myself only one guy does that just so.
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Trivia
John Wayne's role was first offered to Spencer Tracy. However, Tracy, a liberal Democrat who fiercely opposed the blacklisting of alleged "subversives" in Hollywood that was rampant at the time, wanted nothing to do with Wayne, an arch-conservative Republican who strongly supported blacklisting and whose Batjac company was producing the film, and turned the part down. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: Near the end of the film, Air Traffic Control clears the aircraft to land on "runway 39" This is impossible. Runways are numbered are within 10 degrees of their actual magnetic heading, and since there are only 360 degrees on the compass, the highest runway number possible is "runway 36". See more »Quotes
[first lines]Ben Sneed: Hey fella, ain't you Dan Roman?
Dan Roman: Yeah.
Ben Sneed: I heard you whistlin' and I said to myself only one guy does that just so.
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