The High and the Mighty

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

Dan Roman (John Wayne) is a veteran pilot with a tragic past, now stuck in the co-pilot's seat on a routine night flight from Honolulu to San Francisco. Passengers like May Holst (Claire Trevor) and Sally McKee (Jan Sterling) settle in for the long crossing, while Captain John Sullivan (Robert Stack) flies on. William A. Wellman shoots the whole film in CinemaScope and WarnerColor, packing the cabin and the cockpit into one wide frame.