Jet Pilot (1957)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $9,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.7146 |
Directed By
Josef von Sternberg
Crew
Josef von Sternberg
Jules Furthman
Winton C. Hoch
Jules Furthman
Howard Hughes
Bronislau Kaper
Harry Marker
Michael R. McAdam
Dick Stockton
Michael Woulfe
Larry Germain
Layne Britton
Web Overlander
Walter Daniels
John Burch
Terry Kellum
Earl A. Wolcott
Daniel Hays
Jack Lannan
Hans F. Koenekamp
C. Bakaleinikoff
Mel Berns
Fred Fleck
Eddie Pyle
Rod Tolmie
Annabell Levy
Ralph Wildman
James Lane
Albert S. D'Agostino
Feild M. Gray
Harley Miller
Darrell Silvera
TOP CAST
John Wayne
Col. Jim Shannon
Janet Leigh
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Jay C. Flippen
Maj. Gen. Black
Paul Fix
Maj. Rexford
Richard Rober
FBI Agent George Rivers
Roland Winters
Col. Sokolov
Hans Conried
Col. Matoff
Ivan Triesault
Gen. Dimitri Langrad
Joyce Compton
Mary Lou Simpson
Denver Pyle
Mr. Simpson
Perdita Chandler
Georgie Rexford
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