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The High and the Mighty(1954)
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ACTION
ADVENTURE
DISASTER
DRAMA
THRILLER

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.

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namecharacter
Doe Avedon Miss Spalding
Julie Bishop Lillian Pardee
Sidney Blackmer Humphrey Agnew
David Brian Ken Childs
Wally Brown Lenny Wilby, navigator
William Campbell Hobie Wheeler
George Chandler Ben Sneed
Laraine Day Lydia Rice
Ann Doran Clara Joseph
Robert Easton Cargo Clerk (uncredited)
Paul Fix Frank Briscoe
Douglas Fowley Alsop
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Gonzales
Phil Harris Ed Joseph
William Hopper Roy
John Howard Howard Rice
Paul Kelly Donald Flaherty
Douglas Kennedy Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited)
Robert Keys Lieutenant Mowbray
Joy Kim Dorothy Chen
Julie Mitchum Susie Wilby
Robert Newton Gustave Pardee
John Qualen Jose Locota
Walter Reed Mr. Field (uncredited)
William Schallert Dispatcher
Karen Sharpe Nell Buck
John Smith Milo Buck
Robert Stack John Sullivan
Jan Sterling Sally McKee
Carl Switzer Ensign Keim
Regis Toomey Tim Garfield
Claire Trevor May Holst
John Wayne Dan Roman
Michael Wellman Toby Fields
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Robert Fellows producer
Ernest K. Gann writer (original), screenplay
Dimitri Tiomkin composer
John Wayne producer
William A. Wellman director
yearawardcategoryname
1954 Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress Jan Sterling