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Released
1954 · FILM

The High and the Mighty

The 2-Year Best-Seller Sensation! The Year's Greatest Cast!

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Runtime
147 min
ActionAdventureDrama

Synopsis

Dan Roman is a veteran pilot with a troubled history stemming from a past tragedy. Currently serving as second-in-command in the cockpit, he is assigned to a routine flight from Honolulu to San Francisco. The journey takes a dramatic and suspenseful turn when disaster occurs at a critical moment high above the Pacific Ocean, beyond the point of no return.

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Principal cast & crew: 15

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Ralph DawsonShot by Archie StoutScored by Dimitri Tiomkin

Also known as

  • Es wird immer wieder Tagde
  • Écrit dans le cielfr
  • Prigionieri del cieloit

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