The High and the Mighty

The story

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.

Cast & crew

John WayneDan Roman

Claire TrevorMay Holst

Laraine DayLydia Rice

Robert StackJohn Sullivan

Jan SterlingSally McKee

Phil HarrisEd Joseph

Robert NewtonGustave Pardee

David BrianKen Childs

Paul KellyDonald Flaherty

Sidney BlackmerHumphrey Agnew

Julie BishopLillian Pardee

Pedro Gonzalez GonzalezGonzales