The High and the Mighty
1954 · 147 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 6,830 VOTES · DIR. William A. Wellman
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,698 lines
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00:02:49 Hey, fella.
00:07:50 I'm 47 and I was born in New York City.
00:12:13 You'll make it with time to spare, Mr Rice.
00:17:21 My arm just won't bend around the way it should.
00:24:41 all the rest of the people in the world don't know you like I do.
00:30:18 we'd simply continue on to San Francisco.
00:35:38 ...maybe beside the little bar she bought...
00:39:18 I'd rather you remember it's only a possession
00:44:38 and then don't have to exert himself in any other way.
00:49:22 Three days we got left, then we meet the Wilsons.
00:55:31 - I know. - A whole tray jumped.
01:01:45 - Hey, what's this all about? - Easy, break it up.
01:08:01 - It's pinching things close... - You can throw your graph away.
01:13:13 It would be most arduous if there were no caviar.
01:23:13 and visions of little villages nestled against the hills.
01:27:40 - How long can you stall them? - I don't know, maybe an hour.
01:33:50 We know what you mean. Say, can you guys climb any higher?
01:40:17 Skipper?
01:45:43 Look at my face carefully, as he'll do.
01:52:53 - but it'll suffice you. - Thanks, for nothing.
01:58:22 stay there, no matter what else is going on.
02:03:57 Take your time coming back to the door. Wait until I yell.
02:12:30 - Contact yet? - No.
03:00:05 for takeoff, Captain?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,698
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:02:49
Final line03:00:05
Production Record
DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,830