Jet Pilot
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1957-10-11
Runtime: 112 mins
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Writer: Jules Furthman
Spoken language: English
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance
Original title: Jet Pilot
Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
John Wayne
Janet Leigh
Jay C. Flippen
Paul Fix
Richard Rober
Roland Winters
Hans Conried
Ivan Triesault
Joyce Compton
Denver Pyle
Perdita Chandler
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