Jet Pilot (1957)

Name: Jet Pilot
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Released: 1957-10-11
Duration: 112 min
Cast: John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix, Richard Rober

Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!

U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon is tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and marrying her, 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.

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Released 1957-10-11 · 112 min · Action, Adventure, Romance

Directed by Josef von Sternberg

Cast

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
Perdita Chandler as Georgie Rexford
Gene Evans as Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)
Dorothy Abbott
Phil Arnold
Lois Austin