The High and the Mighty
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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.
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Cast
35 people
John Wayne
Dan Roman
Known for
The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Claire Trevor
May Holst
Known for
Stagecoach
Murder, My Sweet
Laraine Day
Lydia Rice
Known for
Foreign Correspondent
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Robert Stack
John Sullivan
Known for
Hercules
Airplane!
Jan Sterling
Sally McKee
Known for
Ace in the Hole
1984
Phil Harris
Ed Joseph
Known for
The Aristocats
The Jungle Book
Robert Newton
Gustave Pardee
Known for
Around the World in 80 Days
Oliver Twist
David Brian
Ken Childs
Known for
Intruder in the Dust
The Damned Don't Cry
Paul Kelly
Donald Flaherty
Known for
Crossfire
The Roaring Twenties
Sidney Blackmer
Humphrey Agnew
Known for
Rosemary's Baby
Little Caesar
Julie Bishop
Lillian Pardee
Known for
The Black Cat
Westward the Women
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Gonzales
Known for
Rio Bravo
The Sheepman
William A. Wellman Director · Ernest K. Gann Screenplay Dimitri Tiomkin Composer
Worldwide gross $8.5M · Budget $1.5M · United States release July 3, 1954
Box office
Budget
$1,470,000
Worldwide gross
$8,500,000
Gross vs. budget
5.8×
Production
Wayne-Fellows Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 27, 1954
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · July 3, 1954
Theatrical
Austria
November 1, 1954 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 11, 2007 · Physical · Paramount Home
France
October 1, 1954 · Theatrical
Germany
September 17, 1954 · Theatrical · Warner
May 3, 2007 · Physical · DVD (Paramount)
Portugal
January 19, 1955 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 3, 1954 · Theatrical
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