Jet Pilot
11/10/1957
2h

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
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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