Jet Pilot
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5.5John 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.
Released: 1957-10-11112 minDir: Josef von SternbergAction, Adventure, Romance
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
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1957
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- aviation
- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
- Screenwriter
- Jules Furthman
- Cast member
- Don Haggerty
- Composer
- Bronisław Kaper
- Producer
- Howard Hughes
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1950s romance films1950s spy films1957 American films1957 English-language films1957 filmsAmerican adventure filmsAmerican aviation filmsAmerican spy filmsCold War aviation filmsCold War spy filmsEnglish-language romance filmsFilms about the United States Air ForceFilms directed by Josef von Sternberg