The High & The Mighty funny cockpit moment

[maestrochulo]

Couldn't you see that Robert Stack was losing his fuckin' nerve and The Duke had to bitch-slap some sense into that noggin of his?!Hey,that's what you do to someone who's about to have a breakdown,right or wrong?

[realfunny7]

"airplane" & alot of movies copied from this - but stop and think this was like "stagecoach" - both great john wayne movies - people say he can't act - "not hardly"

[RetroTony1959]

If John Wayne would have slapped me like that I'd of kicked him right in the gonads and put his friggin wagons in a circle.

[maestrochulo]

The Duke slapping the taste outta Robert Stack(aka Elliot Ness)?.....proper!

[schallrd1]

I hope they got it one take for Stack's sake.

[michaelmuller]

Like a scene out of Airplane.

[Elodea]

@michaelmuller That's why AIRPLANE was so funny. It was created by making a new movie out of hundreds of scenes like this for from dozens of old aviation films. Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker loved the classics and wrote a movie around all of the old cleche's from other films. What might seem dramatic in one film becomes comical when combined with similar dramatic moments from other films.

[level242]

ok insert chuck norris jokes...now

[irish89055]

whole movie was funny.... definitely inspiration for Airplane movie..

[MrSunlander]

amazing how many views are being shown with this scene.....

[joeparkson]

It's a good thing they didn't leave the intercom button on.

[jowen806]

My Dad was a line pilot and spent a few years in a DC 4; from WW2 into the 50's. When this movie came out he asked the Capt if he had seen the movie yet and he said he had. When asked what he thought the answer was "I didn't like it when the Capt. was slapped". Just a remembers of one of Dads many stories.

[gnarkillkicksass]

Worlds largest flight deck...

[b1p0l4rt]

SLAPP! lol

[fernfeyes]

So that's what the noise was up front..

[Guuyuk]

Hey, isn't this the cockpit video from the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot Milwaukee?

[Bestmanme08]

John Wayne competing with Charlton Heston for roles is discussed in great new bio (Charlton Heston: An Incredible Life: Revised Edition) at amazon!

[jsbach15]

Funny? A pilot whose scared s__tless? Why is that funny? I thought this was one of the most dramatic scenes ever filmed, and one of John Wayne's hero type moments.

[123dic]

Great stuff. Anybody have scenes fom''The Crowded Sky'' the mid-air collision movie

based on Frank Srearle's book of the same name. Made in 1960, it starred Dana Andrews, Efrem Zimbalist Jnr, and Anne Francis as a sharp-witted, sexy flight attendant. Try watching her post-collision passenger briefing without creasing up!

[JimNuccio]

Nobody slaps Elliot Ness. He's untouchable.

[jimdsnow]

@JimNuccio The Duke could touch anyone he damn well pleased....

[MrSunlander]

@JimNuccio Well, who da ya think made him untouchable, pilgrim?

[minhapocavida]

MCC working to its max!!! :D

[martinxbloan]

That's funny.

[logancody07]

What's so funny? I was a professional for forty years and had to slap the shit out of a few captains in the cockpit!

Just kidding about the slapping part although I sure would have liked to a couple of times.

But the slapping scene did have good dramatic affect. And hey! It's the Duke for God'sake.

[jsbach15]

@logancody07 I didn't think it was funny either!

[bigred997]

The Duke put himself on the line as this was his own production. Great theme music. Great, riveting movie, despite your assinine observation.

[kensnyder737]

Now THAT is true "Crew Resource Management!"

[ROUNDHEAD1951]

Whats the Vector, Victor???

[727Hushkits]

right with you there BubbleGumSinger1

[BubbleGumSinger1]

Funny moment? I just watched this movie on TMC. This is how john Wayne displays his manhood in every movie he has ever made. A true American icon of masculine bravado. Slap, hit and punch!  It's what he does to make his point - this is not funny, it's true American movie making!

[whitefoote]

Best CRM display EVER!!

[anguissette]

AGREE! HAHA