HIGH AND THE MIGHTY (1954)

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 1950S FILM. STARRING JOHN WAYNE, ROBERT STACK, CLAIRE TREVOR, JAN STERLING, ROBERT NEWTON.