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Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot
★ 5.5/10•1957•1h 52m•G•Action•Adventure•Romance

Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!

U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon is tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and marrying her, 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.

Jules Furthman · Writer

Josef von Sternberg · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 52m
LanguageEN
Release DateOct 11, 1957
Budget$9,000,000

Actors

John Wayne

John Wayne

Col. Jim Shannon

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Maj. Gen. Black

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Maj. Rexford

Richard Rober

Richard Rober

FBI Agent George Rivers

Roland Winters

Roland Winters

Col. Sokolov

Hans Conried

Hans Conried

Col. Matoff

Ivan Triesault

Ivan Triesault

Gen. Dimitri Langrad

Joyce Compton

Joyce Compton

Mary Lou Simpson

Denver Pyle

Denver Pyle

Mr. Simpson

Perdita Chandler

Georgie Rexford

Gene Evans

Gene Evans

Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)

Dorothy Abbott

Dorothy Abbott

Phil Arnold

Phil Arnold

Lois Austin

Paul Bakanas

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