The High and the Mighty(1954)

movie - first aired/released 1954-07-03 - 147 min - audience 5.9

Adventure, Drama

Directed by William A. Wellman

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.