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Jet Pilot
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5.5John 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.
Released: 1957-10-11112 minDir: Josef von SternbergAction, Adventure, RomanceBudget: $9.0M
Cast
- John Wayne as Col. Jim Shannon
- Janet Leigh as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
- Jay C. Flippen as Maj. Gen. Black
- Paul Fix as Maj. Rexford
- Richard Rober as FBI Agent George Rivers
- Roland Winters as Col. Sokolov
Themes
- u.s. air force
- fighter jet
- jet fighter
- rko-scope
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- Jet Pilot (film)
- publication date
- 1957-01-01
- title
- Jet Pilot
- review score
- 67%
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1950s romance films1950s spy films1957 American films1957 English-language films1957 filmsAmerican adventure filmsAmerican aviation filmsAmerican spy filmsCold War aviation filmsCold War spy filmsEnglish-language romance filmsFilms about the United States Air ForceFilms directed by Josef von SternbergFilms produced by Howard HughesFilms scored by Bronisław KaperFilms set in CaliforniaFilms with screenplays by Jules FurthmanRKO Pictures filmsTemplate film date with 2 release dates