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The High and the Mighty

1954 · 147 min

A slow-building mid-century disaster drama where ordinary passengers face terror with stiff-upper-lip calm, carried by an anxious ensemble and a suspenseful final descent.

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The 2-Year Best-Seller Sensation! The Year's Greatest Cast!
Overview
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.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • trauma
  • guilt
  • fate
  • found family
Places
  • sea
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Written by
Ernest K. Gann
Starring
John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, David Brian
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Archie Stout
Runtime
147 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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