Jet Pilot

5.4 / 10

(43 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Action,

Adventure,

Romance

Duration:

112 minutes

Year:

1957

Director:

Josef von Sternberg

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Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Cast:
John Wayne

Col. Jim Shannon

Janet Leigh

Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

Jay C. Flippen

Maj. Gen. Black

Paul Fix

Maj. Rexford

Richard Rober

FBI Agent George Rivers

Crew:
Jules Furthman

Writer

Josef von Sternberg

Director

Winton C. Hoch

Cinematography

Earl A. Wolcott

Sound

Jules Furthman

Producer