The High and the Mighty

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

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