Directed by:
William A. WellmanScreenplay:
Ernest K. GannCinematography:
Archie StoutComposer:
Dimitri TiomkinCast:
John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Sidney Blackmer, Julie Bishop (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
John Wayne delivered one of his most memorable performances in THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY, a suspenseful thrill ride that presaged the disaster films of the 1970s with the story of a commercial jetliner that suffers engine trouble on a transpacific flight from Honolulu to San Francisco. With pilot John Sullivan (Robert Stack) too panic-stricken to act, it's up to second-in-command Dan Roman (Wayne) to guide the aircraft to safety--despite being traumatized by the death of his own wife and child in a plane crash years earlier. Wayne's self-doubting copilot presides over jittery crew members and passengers whose stories are told in flashbacks and fleshed out by a stellar supporting cast. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Soundtracks
The High and the Mighty
The Complete Original Motion Picture Score
Label: Red Bitch Music
Year: 2014
Country: USA
Format: digital
Length: 01:07:03
1. | Main Title / Goodbye To Toby / Flashback, Plane Wreck | Dimitri Tiomkin | 03:32 |
2. | The Flight Begins / First Tremor / Painting Natives / Professional Tirade | Dimitri Tiomkin | 04:14 |
3. | Jan Sterling's Story / Second Tremor / Phil Harris's Story / The Letter | Dimitri Tiomkin | 08:45 |
4. | Third Tremor / Point Of No Return / Plane On Fire! | Dimitri Tiomkin | 11:46 |
5. | Bad News / Baggage Overboard! / Calming The Passengers | Dimitri Tiomkin | 06:57 |
6. | Rescue Planes / Sleeping Boy / Laraine Day Scene / Jan Sterling's Confession | Dimitri Tiomkin | 10:21 |
7. | Cut Back On Fuel / Final Approach / Safe Landing | Dimitri Tiomkin | 13:46 |
8. | Return To The Ground | Dimitri Tiomkin | 04:33 |
9. | Finale | Dimitri Tiomkin | 03:09 |
The High and the Mighty
Label: JB Production CH
Year: 2013
Country: USA
Format: digital
Length: 02:47
1. | Theme From 'The High And The Mighty' | Dimitri Tiomkin | 02:47 |
The High and the Mighty / Search for Paradise
Label: Elmer Bernstein's Filmmusic Collection
Year: 1979
Country: USA
Format: LP
1. | SIDE A: THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY: Prelude And Take-Off | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
2. | Safe Landing | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
3. | SEARCH FOR PARADISE: Prologue And Hunza Valley | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
4. | Come Ye Discontented | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
5. | SIDE B: Killer Mountain | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
6. | Shalimar | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
7. | Kashmir | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
8. | Epilogue | Dimitri Tiomkin |