The High and the Mighty

The 2-Year Best-Seller Sensation! The Year's Greatest Cast!

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.

Director

William A. Wellman

Screenplay

Ernest K. Gann

Producer

Robert Fellows

Producer

John Wayne

Original Music Composer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Director of Photography

Archie Stout