Jet Pilot (1957)

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. more

Directing:
  • Josef von Sternberg

Writing:
  • Jules Furthman

Stars:
Release Date: 1957-10-11
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  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 112
  • Budget: $9,000,000

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Joyce Compton
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Mary Lou Simpson
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