Full awards and nominations of The High and the Mighty
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John Wayne personally produced many of his '50s films, which is why some of them have languished in corporate limbo following his death. The High and the Mighty was one of his most popular vehicles (no pun intended). This long, necessarily sedentary drama aboard an endangered airliner is a CinemaScope bridge between 1932's Grand Hotel and 1970s disaster movies. Despite Wayne's iconic presence as a pilot--now copilot--who survived the ... [+]
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27th Academy Awards (1955) - Movies from 1954
- nom. Best Director (William A. Wellman)
- nom. Best Supporting Actress (Jan Sterling)
- nom. Best Supporting Actress (Claire Trevor)
- nom. Best Film Editing (Ralph Dawson)
- winner Best Score Drama or Comedy (Dimitri Tiomkin)
- nom. Best Song (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington (The High and the Mighty))
- 12th Golden Globes Awards (1955) - Movies from 1954
- Directors Guild of America (DGA) - 1954 Productions