The High and the Mighty
1954 ‧ Western/Thriller ‧ 2h 28m
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6.6/10 · IMDb
46% · Rotten Tomatoes
On a flight from Hawaii to California, the engine dies on the plane Dan is flying. As he prepares for a crash landing, the passengers reassess their lives. The template for disaster movies with an Oscar-winning score and a cast list that reads...
Release date: July 3, 1954 (USA)
Director: William A. Wellman
Music composed by: Dimitri Tiomkin
Distributed by: Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Studios, and more
Adapted from: The High and the Mighty
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The High and the Mighty is a 1954 American aviation disaster film, directed by William A. Wellman, and written by Ernest K. Gann, who also wrote the 1953 novel ...
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Seen today, this lavish aviation drama falls squarely between Stagecoach and Airport, a large ensemble drama about a mechanical crisis on a Honolulu-to-San ...
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The story is of an airliner flying from Hawaii to San Francisco back in the days of propeller power. The drama ensues with the loss of a prop and concomitant ...
Duration: 2:52
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The High and the Mighty is a 1953 novel by Ernest K. Gann about an airline flight from Honolulu to San Francisco. Just past the halfway point, or the point ...
The High and the Mighty (1954) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Adapted by Ernest K. Gann from his best-selling novel, The High and the Mighty was one of the first entries in the "terror in the sky" genre.