Posts from badger in thread „The High And The Mighty (1954)“

I saw the book "The High and Mighty" was for sale on Ebay. Has anyone here read it and if so does anyone recommend it as a good read?

hi arthur
since then, i have watched the 2nd part of the double dvd. i liked it a whole lot better than the film. i enjoyed the making of the film and i took on board that it was a film made in the early 1950s, before such films as "airplane" and also the wide screen element to it as well.
TBH, I would have paid £8 to watch the tv trailer alone that duke put out, and i have never read the book, so i was only watching it cold as a film of today.
just for me, there wasnt enough john wayne action .
all he seemed to do was steer the plane and because we knew that duke, being duke, all would be well, it kind of made the film drag a bit to its conclusion. having said that, i also saw the effort put in to making it a film for today and i am very grateful for that

having said that though, the 2 hours 20 minutes the film lasted, absolutely flew by - it was just that i kept waiting for something to happen and it never really did

i m confused as to whether i like this film or not - i bought it for £8 in HMV (a double disc including the making of) - i was really excited to watch it, but the film seemed to drift by with not enough suspense in general and not enough John Wayne action at all.
the music was the best part of the film. does anyone know what john wayne's thoughts on this film were? did he enjoy making it?
was robert stack later in airplane by the way?