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Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot

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

19575.41h 52m

Overview

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.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Written by Jules Furthman
Produced by Jules Furthman, Howard Hughes
Box OfficeBudget: $9.0M0

Top Cast

John Wayne

John Wayne

Col. Jim Shannon

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Maj. Gen. Black

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Maj. Rexford

Richard Rober

Richard Rober

FBI Agent George Rivers

Roland Winters

Roland Winters

Col. Sokolov

Hans Conried

Hans Conried

Col. Matoff

Ivan Triesault

Ivan Triesault

Gen. Dimitri Langrad

Joyce Compton

Joyce Compton

Mary Lou Simpson

Denver Pyle

Denver Pyle

Mr. Simpson

Themes & Keywords

u.s. air forcefighter jetjet fighterrko-scope

About Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot is a action, adventure, romance film released in 1957 exploring themes of u.s. air force, fighter jet, jet fighter, rko-scope. Directed by Josef von Sternberg, it stars John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen. 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.

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