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Jet Pilot 1957 Directed by Josef von Sternberg

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Action , Adventure , Romance
Production Company RKO Radio Pictures
Budget $9,000,000
Release Date 11 October 1957
112 mins
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
Roland Winters Col. Sokolov
Hans Conried Col. Matoff
Ivan Triesault Gen. Dimitri Langrad
Joyce Compton Mary Lou Simpson
Denver Pyle Mr. Simpson
Perdita Chandler Georgie Rexford