The High and the Mighty

5.9

147 minutes

7/3/1954

Overview

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.

Cast List

John Wayne
as Dan Roman
Claire Trevor
as May Holst
Laraine Day
as Lydia Rice
Robert Stack
as John Sullivan
Jan Sterling
as Sally McKee
Phil Harris
as Ed Joseph
Robert Newton
as Gustave Pardee
David Brian
as Ken Childs
Paul Kelly
as Donald Flaherty
Sidney Blackmer
as Humphrey Agnew
Julie Bishop
as Lillian Pardee
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
as Gonzales
John Howard
as Howard Rice
Wally Brown
as Lenny Wilby, navigator
William Campbell
as Hobie Wheeler
Ann Doran
as Clara Joseph
John Qualen
as Jose Locota
Paul Fix
as Frank Briscoe
George Chandler
as Ben Sneed
Joy Kim
as Dorothy Chen
Michael Wellman
as Toby Fields
Douglas Fowley
as Alsop
Regis Toomey
as Tim Garfield
Robert Keys
as Lieutenant Mowbray
William Hopper
as Roy
William Schallert
as Dispatcher
Julie Mitchum
as Susie Wilby
Doe Avedon
as Miss Spalding
Karen Sharpe
as Nell Buck
John Smith
as Milo Buck
Robert Easton
as Cargo Clerk (uncredited)
Douglas Kennedy
as Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited)
Walter Reed
as Mr. Field (uncredited)
Carl Switzer
as Ensign Keim
William H. O'Brien
as Restaurant Cook