Directed by:
William A. WellmanScreenplay:
Ernest K. GannCinematography:
Archie StoutComposer:
Dimitri TiomkinCast:
John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Sidney Blackmer, Julie Bishop (more)VOD (1)
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John Wayne delivered one of his most memorable performances in THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY, a suspenseful thrill ride that presaged the disaster films of the 1970s with the story of a commercial jetliner that suffers engine trouble on a transpacific flight from Honolulu to San Francisco. With pilot John Sullivan (Robert Stack) too panic-stricken to act, it's up to second-in-command Dan Roman (Wayne) to guide the aircraft to safety--despite being traumatized by the death of his own wife and child in a plane crash years earlier. Wayne's self-doubting copilot presides over jittery crew members and passengers whose stories are told in flashbacks and fleshed out by a stellar supporting cast. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![John Wayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/663/165663441_0d9ca7.jpg)
John Wayne
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
El Dorado (1966)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
![Claire Trevor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/605/165605888_65adfd.jpg)
Claire Trevor
USA
Best movies:
The Mountain (1956)
Texas (1941)
Stagecoach (1939)
![Laraine Day](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281045_4b29c6.jpg)
Laraine Day
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Tycoon (1947)
![Robert Stack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656042_712701.jpg)
Robert Stack
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Flying High! (1980)
![Jan Sterling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576472_8f5474.jpg)
Jan Sterling
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Caged (1950)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
![Phil Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/018/160018295_b53f54.jpg)
Phil Harris
USA
Best movies:
The Jungle Book (1967)
The AristoCats (1970)
Robin Hood (1973)
![Robert Newton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394677_527f32.jpg)
Robert Newton
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Gaslight (1940)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
![David Brian](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886102_a0fbb5.jpg)
David Brian
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
'G' Men (1935)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
![Paul Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/463/158463881_df9c00.jpg)
Paul Kelly
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
San Antonio (1945)
![Sidney Blackmer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126117_2590e5.jpg)
Sidney Blackmer
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Love Crazy (1941)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
![Julie Bishop](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505300_205aae.jpg)
Julie Bishop
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Westward the Women (1951)
![John Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272444_1a1dec.jpg)
John Howard
USA
Best movies:
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Lost Horizon (1937)
The Invisible Woman (1940)
![Wally Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/103/161103343_64808b.jpg)
Wally Brown
USA
Best movies:
Notorious (1946)
Dodge City (1939)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
![William Campbell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/362/362155_617caf.jpg)
William Campbell
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Breaking Point (1950)
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
![Ann Doran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505278_4186c0.jpg)
Ann Doran
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Holiday (1938)
![John Qualen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792766_12ea22.jpg)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![Paul Fix](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272347_af9850.jpg)
Paul Fix
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Scarface (1932)
![George Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948792_6060c4.jpg)
George Chandler
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Douglas Fowley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634490_8c6e44.jpg)
Douglas Fowley
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
![Regis Toomey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/587/162587337_59d49f.jpg)
Regis Toomey
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Big Sleep (1946)