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The High and the Mighty (1954)

APPROVED 141 min  -  Action | Adventure | Drama  -   3 July 1954 (USA)
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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.

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Ernest K. Gann (screenplay), Ernest K. Gann (novel)
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The High and the Mighty -- 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.
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Wayne ...
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 David Brian ...
Ken Childs
Paul Kelly Paul Kelly ...
Donald Flaherty
Sidney Blackmer Sidney Blackmer ...
Humphrey Agnew
Julie Bishop Julie Bishop ...
Lillian Pardee
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez ...
Gonzales (as Gonzalez Gonzalez)
John Howard ...
Howard Rice
Wally Brown Wally Brown ...
Lenny Wilby, navigator
William Campbell ...
Hobie Wheeler
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Storyline

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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Disaster | Ocean Crossing | Face Slap | Harmonica | Mutiny  | See more »

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

William A. Wellman's The High and the Mighty See more »

Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo  | Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (WarnerColor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1
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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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Connections

Referenced in Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"Aloha Oe"
(uncredited)
Written by Queen Liliuokalani See more »