The High and the Mighty

David Brian as Ken Childs Julie Bishop as Lillian Pardee William Campbell as Hobie Wheeler William H. O'Brien as Restaurant Cook Regis Toomey as Tim Garfield Douglas Kennedy as Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited) Walter Reed as Mr. Field (uncredited) Jan Sterling as Sally McKee Paul Kelly as Donald Flaherty Ann Doran as Clara Joseph George Chandler as Ben Sneed Douglas Fowley as Alsop Robert Keys as Lieutenant Mowbray John Smith as Milo Buck Phil Harris as Ed Joseph Robert Newton as Gustave Pardee Paul Fix as Frank Briscoe Robert Easton as Cargo Clerk (uncredited) Carl Switzer as Ensign Keim Claire Trevor as May Holst Laraine Day as Lydia Rice Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Gonzales John Howard as Howard Rice William Hopper as Roy William Schallert as Dispatcher John Wayne as Dan Roman Robert Stack as John Sullivan Wally Brown as Lenny Wilby, navigator Doe Avedon as Miss Spalding Sidney Blackmer as Humphrey Agnew John Qualen as Jose Locota Joy Kim as Dorothy Chen Karen Sharpe as Nell Buck

Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer William A. Wellman Director Andrew V. McLaglen Assistant Director John Wayne Producer