Jet Pilot

Oct 11, 1957

1h 52m

★ 5.4

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Jet Pilot Trailers

Cast

Col. Jim Shannon

John Wayne

Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

Janet Leigh

Maj. Gen. Black

Jay C. Flippen

Maj. Rexford

Paul Fix

FBI Agent George Rivers

Richard Rober

Col. Sokolov

Roland Winters

Col. Matoff

Hans Conried

Gen. Dimitri Langrad

Ivan Triesault

Mary Lou Simpson

Joyce Compton

Mr. Simpson

Denver Pyle

Georgie Rexford

Perdita Chandler

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