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Jet Pilot (1957)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Josef von Sternberg
  • Profile picture of John Wayne
    Col. Jim Shannon John Wayne
  • Profile picture of Janet Leigh
    Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief Janet Leigh
  • Profile picture of Jay C. Flippen
    Maj. Gen. Black Jay C. Flippen
  • Profile picture of Paul Fix
    Maj. Rexford Paul Fix
  • Profile picture of Richard Rober
    FBI Agent George Rivers Richard Rober
  • Profile picture of Roland Winters
    Col. Sokolov Roland Winters
  • Profile picture of Hans Conried
    Col. Matoff Hans Conried
  • Profile picture of Ivan Triesault
    Gen. Dimitri Langrad Ivan Triesault

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