The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty
  • Release date: 3 Jul 1954
  • Release year: 1954
  • Runtime: 147 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Keywords: airplane accident, based on novel, dysfunctional marriage, stewardess, panic, fear of flying, flashback, ocean crossing, newlywed couple, husband wife relationship
Plot:
One disaster after another happens on this trans-Pacific flight. You have the pilot who loses his nerve! The washed-up co-pilot. The milquetoast flight engineer. The young hot shot second officer. And a cabin full of passengers with every range of problems and personalities there could possibly be. Here you have the Duke in a role he didn't want, and a movie with the title song that became Duke's theme. What else could any John Wayne fan want? It's all here, and then some.
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