Jet Pilot (1957)
19571h 52mGActionAdventureRomance
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 WayneCol. Jim Shannon
Janet LeighLt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Jay C. FlippenMaj. Gen. Black
Paul FixMaj. Rexford
Richard RoberFBI Agent George Rivers
Roland WintersCol. Sokolov
Hans ConriedCol. Matoff
Ivan TriesaultGen. Dimitri Langrad
Joyce ComptonMary Lou Simpson
Denver PyleMr. Simpson- PPerdita ChandlerGeorgie Rexford
Gene EvansAirfield Sergeant (uncredited)
Dorothy Abbott
Phil Arnold- LLois Austin
- PPaul Bakanas
- HHall Bartlett
Gregg Barton
Crew
- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
- Writers
- Jules Furthman
- Producers
- Jules FurthmanHoward Hughes
- Music
- Bronislau Kaper
- Cinematography
- Winton C. Hoch
Details
- Released
- October 11, 1957
- Language
- English
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
- IMDb
- tt0050562
