tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post7586828430734968541..comments2024-03-18T18:08:16.900-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Overlooked Movies -- The High and the MightyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-78831343354203810632011-11-15T19:27:34.578-06:002011-11-15T19:27:34.578-06:00Remember the film fondly and the theme song. Read ...Remember the film fondly and the theme song. Read the novel, too (Ernest K. Gann), which had a little more grit and less gloss. In the vein of Herman Wouk's CAINE MUTINY.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-21308315678987314842011-11-15T17:28:55.386-06:002011-11-15T17:28:55.386-06:00I always enjoyed Harris on radio, and I liked him ...I always enjoyed Harris on radio, and I liked him a lot in this one. Claire Trevor's in it, too, I think. One line pitch for the movie: Stagecoach on a plane.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-12226443082922262092011-11-15T17:23:47.392-06:002011-11-15T17:23:47.392-06:00Maybe the best movie Phil Harris ever made. Up til...Maybe the best movie Phil Harris ever made. Up till that time Phil was known as the drunken bandleader on "The Jack Benny Program" or as the star of "The Phil Harris Alice Fay Show" on radio, and a few years later he became the voice of Baloo the Bear in Disney's version of "The Jungle Book", but in this movie he showed he had some acting chops.Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-87036406725967983182011-11-15T10:17:18.551-06:002011-11-15T10:17:18.551-06:00Not a bad movie but I always found it kind of slow...Not a bad movie but I always found it kind of slow. I liked "Fate is the Hunter" better, about the attempts to find out why an airliner crashed.Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-76419743795175383942011-11-15T10:07:53.597-06:002011-11-15T10:07:53.597-06:00I haven't seen this in years. But once upon a ...I haven't seen this in years. But once upon a time it was a kind of staple on Million Dollar Movie - Channel 11 on NYC television. <br /><br />I've always liked it. Thanks for the reminder.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-72940268652500737782011-11-15T08:20:43.444-06:002011-11-15T08:20:43.444-06:00THis is one of my all-time favorites. I loved the...THis is one of my all-time favorites. I loved the theme song and it was a perfect role for The Duke.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-89842542340829586882011-11-15T08:11:18.218-06:002011-11-15T08:11:18.218-06:00Great film, great song. I love the ending, too.Great film, great song. I love the ending, too.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.com