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Jan Sterling was an American film, television and stage actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in
Sterling in 1952
Sterling in The High and the Mighty (1954)
The High and the Mighty is a 1954 American aviation disaster film, directed by William A. Wellman, and written by Ernest K. Gann, who also wrote the 1953 novel on which his screenplay was based. Filme
Jan Sterling
…immediately prior to which she had joined the Actors Studio), Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954) as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Her best performance is often considered to be opposite Kirk Douglas, as the…
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Captain John Sullivan panics and prepares to immediately ditch and Officer Dan Roman slaps him back to his senses
John Wayne pushed for the use of CinemaScope, although Wellman later considered it "bulky and unwieldy" during filming
Although Wayne and Wellman had considered Robert Cummings for the role of the captain, Robert Stack was selected after an interview with Wellman