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Director
Director
Cast
Col. Jim Shannon
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Maj. Gen. Black
Maj. Rexford
FBI Agent George Rivers
Col. Sokolov
Col. Matoff
Gen. Dimitri Langrad
Mary Lou Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Georgie Rexford
Synopsis
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.
Original title
Jet Pilot
IMDb Rating
6.8 1,964 votes
TMDb Rating
5.5 18 votes