Jet Pilot (1957)
10/11/1957 (US) • 1h 52m
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.
Top Billed 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
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