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The High and the Mighty

Name: The High and the Mighty
Director: William A. Wellman
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1954-07-03
Duration: 147 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling

1954 · 2h 27m · Adventure, Drama, Thriller

IMDb 6.6 RT 46%

This is a classic disaster thriller that literally invented the airplane crisis genre — if you love taut, high-stakes suspense with a haunted protagonist facing literal life-or-death stakes at 20,000 feet, absolutely watch it tonight. It's a masterclass in building tension that holds up remarkably well, and you owe it to yourself to experience where modern thrillers got their blueprint.

Plot

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 - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.

Director: William A. Wellman

Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling

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