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
Rating
(6,576)
When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to ...
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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Was The High and the Mighty based on a true story?
The novel draws upon Gann's experiences as a commercial airline pilot. A similar story is chronicled in Gann's memoir Fate is the Hunter. On a Matson Airlines DC-4 flight from Honolulu to Burbank, the stewardess complained of a sporadic vibration that was rattling the dishes and silverware in the rear of the plane.
Who was the stewardess in The High and the Mighty?
Doe Avedon as Miss Spalding (Flight Attendant) Karen Sharpe as Nell Buck.
What is the plot of The High and the Mighty?
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 like a who's who of 1950s film.
The High and the Mighty / Film synopsis
How do the high and the mighty end?
Of course John Wayne prevails and the passengers walk off into a rainy San Francisco night to return to the lives they had known before they made their promises. Dimitri Tiomkin's score is highlighted by threading the familiar HIGH AND MIGHTY theme throughout the movie.
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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 ...
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(13)
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 ...
Duration: 2:52
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John Wayne plays the harried pilot who experiences more than his share of turbulence including jealous husbands and an airliner that is slowly dismantling ...
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.