Jet Pilot
- Released on
- Runtime
- 112 mins
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.
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
- John Wayne
- Janet Leigh
- Jay C. Flippen
- Paul Fix
- Richard Rober
- Roland Winters
- Hans Conried
- Ivan Triesault
- Joyce Compton
- Denver Pyle
- Perdita Chandler
Director
- Josef von Sternberg
Producers
- Jules Furthman
- Howard Hughes
