Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.
The High and the Mighty has generally received positive reviews.
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The High and the Mighty was released in 1954 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 41 reviews, giving The High and the Mighty (1954) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 74%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The High and the Mighty than critics were.
With a score of 61%, The High and the Mighty is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1954, which stands at 59%.
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