The High and the Mighty

On a flight from Hawaii to California, the engine dies on the plane Dan is flying. As he prepares for a crash landing, the passengers reassess their lives. The template for disaster movies with an Oscar-winning score and a cast list that reads like a who’s who of 50s film., This film takes place in the cockpit of a plane in flight. Co-pilot John Wayne seems a lot more in control of things than captain Robert Stack when the plane loses an engine during a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco., A forerunner of the big-budget Hollywood disaster films, this tale concerns a flight from Hawaii to California which runs into trouble over the Pacific when an engine fails. While the pilot prepares for a likely crash landing, the passengers caught up in the drama reassess their lives., Disaster strikes when the engine dies on a trans-Pacific flight and it’s up to a veteran pilot turned co-pilot to prepare for a crash landing. With drama ensuing in the cockpit, a cabin full of passengers reassess and reflect on their lives.