The High And The Mighty (1954)

It was I who voted for THATM. I don't really know if its one thing that I can put my finger on that makes me like this movie. Yes, it has its flaws. I think one of the things is that it has a strong character development. I like to see a movie where they give us the people's story, that way I can actually care about what might or is happening to them. The other thing is that its not Duke's typical roll. The first time I watched it, it was very refreshing to see John Wayne in this type of roll.

True, this was not a typical John Wayne picture. It was one of the first that becamed identified an "ensemble" movie, but Duke was still the primary focus. Wayne was one of the producers on "The High and the Mighty," so he was in at the earliest stages of getting the movie made. If you think about it, Duke was responsible for a lot of innovation in the movie industry.
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This is a film I think we need to watch again!

Here is a picture of the theater poster -

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Here' another poster advertising the picture

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Arthur

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For its day besides John Wayne as Dan Roman it boasted a very good supporting cast including:-

Robert Stack as Captain John Sullivan -Whose nerves of steel were starting to rust
Claire Trevor as May Holst - Strictly a night-time woman
Laraine Day - Low as High Society could get



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Arthur

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It also included Jan Sterling (who would win the Academy Best Supporting actress Award for her role of Sally McKee - 'who lived in a world of whistles'

Ed Harris as Ed Joseph - a gag man who should have been wearing one

and Robert Newton - A 'ham' caught with his hair down.


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Arthur

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Other passengers included:

David Brian as Kent a collector of other mens wives

John Qualen as Jose Locota

and Sidney Blackmer as Humphrey Agnew a man bent on revenge.



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Arthur

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It also included Jan Sterling (who would win the Academy Best Supporting actress Award for her role of Sally McKee

Sorry, Arthur, but Eva Marie Saint won the Best Supporting actress Award for On the Waterfront. Jan Sterling and Claire Trevor both recieved nomination for The High and the Mighty, though.

When in doubt, you can always look it up here.

Hi Arthur,
Thank you for wonderful photos.
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Vera

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My mistake that what comes of relying on the memory.

Among the passengers was

Paul Kelly playing Donald Flaherty the scientist
John Howard as Howard Rice
and
Paul Fix as Frank Briscoe


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Arthur

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Other passengers were


Doe Avedon as Miss Spalding Her film career was brief comprising a handful of pictures
before she married the film Director Don Siegal.

Karen Sharp Kramer as newly married Nell Buck.

Try as I could I couldn,t find a photo of Milo Buck played by John Smith.


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Arthur

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Also

Ann Doran as Claire Joseph


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Arthur

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Two of the Male Members of the crew

William Campbell as Hobie Wheeler

and

Wally Brown as the Navigator Lenny Wilby




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Arthur

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The collection is completed with the additions of

Pedro Gonzales Gonzales as Gonzales
Douglas Fowley as Alsop

and

Regis Toomey as Tim Garfield


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Arthur

This has always been one of my favorite of the Duke's films, even though at times it grows wearisome, like the flight itself. I flew the same route in reverse, from Travis AFB outside of 'Frisco in 1963 to Hickam in Hawaii in a prop-driven MATS C-118 flown by my Dad. Luckily I was just 10 and the seats were for adults, so I could move freely around in it during the 8-hour flight. The only diversions were the meals, just cold box lunches, and the roar of the 4 engines made it almost impossible to talk; you had to shout to make yourself heard. I can still smell the interior of the C-118, metal, old upholstery, av gas, all in an un-plasticized, un-pressurized, un-airconditioned aircraft. If you had a window seat and the plane flew north or south and the sun was on your side, you baked during your flight!

While the movie faithfully follow Gann's book, there are some scenes I wish they had not added, like Joyce Chen's simpering "Dumb bunny, dumb bunny..." it makes you want to shake her. I much prefer her smart-aleck busy-body Chinese servant to Betty Bacall ("Sailor-man clazy, you ling bell, I come chop chop!!) in "Blood Alley"!

But I still choke back the tears as the relieved passengers disembark in 'Frisco to the joyous paen of Tiompkin's orchestra, especially when Milo & Nell meet her parents. If it were me, I would have gotten down and kissed the concrete runway! (And I got the new DVD when it came out last year, and enjoyed it again & again, from Tiompkin's soaring, wonderful score to the whistling ancient pelican sauntering down the ramp.)

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Finally The High and The Mighty made its debut on DVD in the UK on Monday looks pretty good, can't wait to watch the film and the special features..

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Arthur

Hi Arthur

High & Mighty is £6.00 in HMV

Also included is In Harms Way, Big Jake El Dorado and True Grit.

I didnt see what price Mc Lintock was but it was there too.

Hondo is £10.00.

Most are just widescreen versions with I believe a A3 poster included.

No extras other than that


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Mike

I know this is late, but tonight is John Wayne night on TCM. We are about to enjoy The High and the Mighty followed by Island in the Sky. Needless to say, I'm about to kick back, relax, and enjoy.:teeth_smile:

I don't know if this has been asked before, but does anyone know what airline company the crew of TH&TM were flying for? Any ideas?