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Jet Pilot (1957)
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
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.
Rated G | Length 112 minutes
Actors
John Wayne | Janet Leigh | Jay C. Flippen | Paul Fix | Richard Rober | Roland Winters | Hans Conried | Ivan Triesault | Joyce Compton | Denver Pyle | Perdita Chandler