The High and the Mighty (1954)
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Cast
as Dan Roman
as John Sullivan
as May Holst
as Lydia Rice
as Sally McKee
as Ed Joseph
as Gustave Pardee
as Ken Childs
as Flaherty
as Humphrey Agnew
as Miss Spaulding
as Nell Buck
as Milo Buck
as Lillian Pardee
as Gonzalez
as Howard Rice
as Wilby
as Hobie Wheeler
as Mrs. Joseph
as Jose Locota
as Frank Briscoe
as Ben Sneed
as Dorothy Chen
as Toby Field
as Alsop
as Garfield
as Ensign Keim
as Lt. Mowbray
as Roy
as Dispatcher
as Susie
as Cargo Clerk
as Mr. Wilson
Critic Reviews for The High and the Mighty
All Critics (8) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (6) | DVD (3)
A forerunner of the disaster movies, this cliche John Wayne blockbuster could be described as Grand Hotel in the Air.
Ocasionalmente promissor, acaba sendo prejudicado por sua narrativa lenta e por sua duração excessiva.
Everyone aboard has so much personal baggage, it's amazing the plane can even get off the ground.
A sharp, tense reading of a mushy script.
Bloated and overlong...
The best twists that the movie can muster are a few miscalculations that the navigator makes -- he uses knots instead of miles in his fuel consumption math. Uh oh!
Audience Reviews for The High and the Mighty
Silly bit of John Wayne foolery. It was a standard to put Wayne in non westerns to continue his interpretation of the perfect American frontiersmen in plots outside of the Old West. In most cases, it doesn't work.
Super Reviewer
A good "Danger in the Skies" movie, which features Wayne in a non-western role, playing an "ancient Pelican" that is, an airline Pilot with a grim past. Yet, when something goes wrong on an transcontinental flight, he might redeem himself. The film mixes both what is going on within the faltering plane as well as discusses the passengers lives, through flashbacks, conversations on the plane and voiceovers. While it works superficially, it makes the movie feel episodic sometimes (like an episode of LOST), and flashbacks and voiceovers have never been my most appreciated tools of narration. Especially in an aviation disaster scenario, where density and continuity should be in focus. Still, the cast is solid and Wayne plays as great as ever. And the movie is shot in lushly coloured Cinemascope.
Super Reviewer
Fanastic little disaster film classic of the airborne with John Wayne where it strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return. This film has more than enough fine moments generated by a cast of familiar faces to keep me interest. I didn't know this adventure film has six Academy Awards nominated that I was surprised to find out.
Super Reviewer
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