Long considered the granddaddy of the epic 'disaster film,' The High and the Mighty (1954) was envisioned more than fifteen years before the genre would truly take off with Airport (1970). While disaster films would come to be associated with all-star casts, every major star approached for The High and the Mighty (1954) turned it down, which led to the film being populated entirely with B-level actors, with the exception of John Wayne. But William Wellman's sure-footed direction turned the material into a box office bonanza notwithstanding, garnering six Oscar nominations in the process.

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