The High and the Mighty
The 2-Year Best-Seller Sensation! The Year's Greatest Cast!
1954 | 147m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | William A. Wellman |
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| Writer: | Ernest K. Gann |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 03, 1954 |
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| Director: | William A. Wellman |
| Writer: | Ernest K. Gann |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | mutiny, airplane, navigator |
| Production Companies | Wayne-Fellows Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Michael Wellman | Toby Fields |
| Douglas Fowley | Alsop |
| Regis Toomey | Tim Garfield |
| Robert Keys | Lieutenant Mowbray |
| William Hopper | Roy |
| William Schallert | Dispatcher |
| Julie Mitchum | Susie Wilby |
| Doe Avedon | Miss Spalding |
| Karen Sharpe | Nell Buck |
| John Smith | Milo Buck |
| Robert Easton | Cargo Clerk (uncredited) |
| Douglas Kennedy | Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited) |
| Walter Reed | Mr. Field (uncredited) |
| Carl Switzer | Ensign Keim |
| William H. O'Brien | Restaurant Cook |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ernest K. Gann | Novel, Screenplay |
| Alfred Ybarra | Art Direction |
| Archie Stout | Director of Photography |
| Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| Nate H. Edwards | Production Manager |
| Robert A. Mattey | Special Effects |
| Loren Cosand | Makeup Artist |
| Ralph S. Hurst | Set Decoration |
| Margaret Donovan | Hairstylist |
| John K. Kean | Sound Recordist |
| Sam Freedle | Script Supervisor |
| Joseph La Bella | Property Master |
| Gwen Wakeling | Costume Design |
| Web Overlander | Makeup Artist |
| William A. Wellman | Director |
| Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
| William H. Clothier | Aerial Camera |
| Andrew V. McLaglen | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Fellows | Producer |
| John Wayne | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Barbara Stanwyck | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Actress | Barbara Stanwyck | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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