The High and the Mighty

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 that takes a terrifying turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean after the point of no return.

Directed by William A. Wellman

Top cast

John Wayne

Dan Roman

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

Ken Childs

Paul Kelly

Donald Flaherty

Sidney Blackmer

Humphrey Agnew

Julie Bishop

Lillian Pardee

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Gonzales

John Howard

Howard Rice

Wally Brown

Lenny Wilby, navigator

William Campbell

Hobie Wheeler

Ann Doran

Clara Joseph

John Qualen

Jose Locota

Paul Fix

Frank Briscoe

George Chandler

Ben Sneed

Joy Kim

Dorothy Chen

Details