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
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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
Claire Trevor
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Claire Trevor was an American actress. She appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Key Largo, and received nominations for
The High and the Mighty (film)
…airline first officer, Dan Roman, whose airliner has a catastrophic engine failure while crossing the Pacific Ocean. The film's supporting cast includes Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, and Robert Newton. Composer Dimitri Tiomkin won an Oscar for his original score; while his title…
Trevor in the 1930s
With Fred MacMurray (r.) in Borderline (1950)
Trevor in The High and the Mighty (1954), which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress