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The High and the Mighty

film by Wellman [1954]

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In William Wellman: Films of the 1950s
…for Wellman’s next big hit, The High and the Mighty (1954). That prototypical airplane disaster movie featured a cast that included Wayne, Robert Stack, Claire Trevor, and Jan Sterling. Academy Award nominations went to Sterling and Trevor (both for best supporting actress) as well as to Wellman (best director).
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Oscar to Tiomkin for best music score of a dramatic or comedy picture, 1954

role of Trevor

In Claire Trevor
…films were Johnny Angel (1945); The High and the Mighty (1954), for which she received her third Oscar nomination; Marjorie Morningstar (1958); How to Murder Your Wife (1965); and Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), her final film. Trevor occasionally returned to the stage, and she also made a number of television…
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