The High and the Mighty

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The High and the Mighty movie poster.

Movie (1954)
French title : Écrit dans le ciel

Starring:
John Wayne (Dan Roman)
Claire Trevor (May Holst)
Laraine Day (Lydia Rice)
Robert Stack (John Sullivan)
Jan Sterling (Sally McKee)
Phil Harris (Ed Joseph)

A commercial airliner suffers a mechanical problem during a flight. The pilot loses his nerve leaving it to his washed up co-pilot to save the day and land the troubled flight safely.

Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster

Also partially visible in the first image are a Douglas DC-3 (tail) and a Curtiss C-46 (nose).
Registration N4665V, c/n 10538 built in 1945. This C-54 wears a livery of the fictional TOPAC-Trans Orient Pacific Airlines Company, which is based on the livery of Transocean Air Lines, who operated the aircraft at the time. Footage reused in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.‎ - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg. N4665V Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster The African Queen of Transocean Air Lines.
Reg. N4665V Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster The African Queen of Transocean Air Lines.
Reg. N4665V Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster The African Queen of Transocean Air Lines.
Reg. N4665V Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster The African Queen of Transocean Air Lines.
Reg. N4665V Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster The African Queen of Transocean Air Lines.

Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando

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Douglas DC-3

Tail used to simulate a crash site.

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Republic-Ford JB-2

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SAM-N-2 Lark

Built by Fairchild Aircraft or Raytheon or Convair depending the radio command guidance system used.

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Sikorsky HO4S-3G

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Boeing PB-1G

BuNo 82855, c/n 8746. Originally a B-17G-110-VE Flying Fortress with serial 44-85837, this aircraft was converted to a PB-1G and transferred to the US Coast Guard on 14 August 1946.

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Martin PBM Mariner

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