Director Budd Boetticher launched a magnificent series of lean, tough westerns with this 1956 classic, a revenge drama costarring a charmingly dangerous Lee Marvin.
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John Wayne pilots ‘The High and the Mighty’ on SVOD and DVD
The High and the Mighty was the biggest hit of 1954 and nominated for six Academy Awards (it won for Dmitri Tiomkin’s memorable score). Seen today, this lavish aviation drama falls squarely between Stagecoach and Airport, a large ensemble drama about a mechanical crisis on a Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight where every passenger has a story […]