Jet Pilot
Action
Adventure
Romance
Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!
John Wayne stars as U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon, who's tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot (Janet Leigh) claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and wedding the fetching flyer, Shannon learns from his superiors that she's a spy on a mission to extract military secrets. To save his new wife from prison and deportation, Shannon devises a risky plan in this 1957 drama.
1957-10-11
en
Cast
Director
Josef von Sternberg
John Wayne as Col. Jim Shannon
Janet Leigh as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Jay C. Flippen as Maj. Gen. Black
Paul Fix as Maj. Rexford
Richard Rober as FBI Agent George Rivers
Roland Winters as Col. Sokolov
Hans Conried as Col. Matoff
Ivan Triesault as Gen. Dimitri Langrad
Joyce Compton as Mary Lou Simpson
Denver Pyle as Mr. Simpson
Gene Evans as Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)