1954 • NR • 2h 27m
5.9/10
(70 users) 
Overview
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit as 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.
5.9/10
(70 users) Cast / Crew 
John Wayne Dan Roman 
Claire Trevor May Holst 
Laraine Day Lydia Rice 
Robert Stack John Sullivan 
Jan Sterling Sally McKee 
Phil Harris Ed Joseph 
Robert Newton Gustave Pardee 
David Brian Ken Childs 
Paul Kelly Donald Flaherty 
Sidney Blackmer Humphrey Agnew 
Julie Bishop Lillian Pardee 
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Gonzales 
John Howard Howard Rice 
Wally Brown Lenny Wilby, navigator 
William Campbell Hobie Wheeler 
Archie Stout Director of Photography Ernest K. Gann Novel Alfred Ybarra Art Direction Ernest K. Gann Screenplay John Wayne Producer Robert Fellows Producer 
William A. Wellman Director Ralph Dawson Editor 
Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer Ralph S. Hurst Set Decoration Nate H. Edwards Production Manager Robert A. Mattey Special Effects Loren Cosand Makeup Artist John K. Kean Sound Recordist Margaret Donovan Hairstylist
John Wayne Dan Roman Claire Trevor May Holst Laraine Day Lydia Rice Robert Stack John Sullivan Jan Sterling Sally McKee Phil Harris Ed Joseph Robert Newton Gustave Pardee David Brian Ken Childs Paul Kelly Donald Flaherty Sidney Blackmer Humphrey Agnew Julie Bishop Lillian Pardee Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Gonzales John Howard Howard Rice Wally Brown Lenny Wilby, navigator William Campbell Hobie Wheeler Archie Stout Director of Photography Ernest K. Gann Novel Alfred Ybarra Art Direction Ernest K. Gann Screenplay John Wayne Producer Robert Fellows Producer William A. Wellman Director Ralph Dawson Editor Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer Ralph S. Hurst Set Decoration Nate H. Edwards Production Manager Robert A. Mattey Special Effects Loren Cosand Makeup Artist John K. Kean Sound Recordist Margaret Donovan Hairstylist 
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