The High and the Mighty (1954) Cast & Crew

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Directed by William A. Wellman.

Cast

John Wayne as Dan Roman
Claire Trevor as May Holst
Laraine Day as Lydia Rice
Robert Stack as John Sullivan
Jan Sterling as Sally McKee
Phil Harris as Ed Joseph
Robert Newton as Gustave Pardee
David Brian as Ken Childs
Paul Kelly as Donald Flaherty
Sidney Blackmer as Humphrey Agnew
Julie Bishop as Lillian Pardee
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Gonzales
John Howard as Howard Rice
Wally Brown as Lenny Wilby, navigator
William Campbell as Hobie Wheeler
Ann Doran as Clara Joseph
John Qualen as Jose Locota
Paul Fix as Frank Briscoe
George Chandler as Ben Sneed
Joy Kim as Dorothy Chen
Michael Wellman as Toby Fields
Douglas Fowley as Alsop
Regis Toomey as Tim Garfield
Robert Keys as Lieutenant Mowbray
William Hopper as Roy
William Schallert as Dispatcher
Julie Mitchum as Susie Wilby
Doe Avedon as Miss Spalding
Karen Sharpe as Nell Buck
John Smith as Milo Buck
Robert Easton as Cargo Clerk (uncredited)
Douglas Kennedy as Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited)
Walter Reed as Mr. Field (uncredited)
Carl Switzer as Ensign Keim
William H. O'Brien as Restaurant Cook

Crew

Ernest K. Gann — Screenplay
Robert Fellows — Producer
Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer
Archie Stout — Director of Photography
William A. Wellman — Director
John Wayne — Producer
Ernest K. Gann — Novel

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