Jet Pilot (1957)

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

5.5 October 11, 1957 1h 52m Released

U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon is tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and marrying her, 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.

Cast

  • John Wayne

    John Wayne

    Col. Jim Shannon

  • Janet Leigh

    Janet Leigh

    Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

  • Jay C. Flippen

    Jay C. Flippen

    Maj. Gen. Black

  • Paul Fix

    Paul Fix

    Maj. Rexford

  • Richard Rober

    Richard Rober

    FBI Agent George Rivers

  • Roland Winters

    Roland Winters

    Col. Sokolov

  • Hans Conried

    Hans Conried

    Col. Matoff

  • Ivan Triesault

    Ivan Triesault

    Gen. Dimitri Langrad

  • Joyce Compton

    Joyce Compton

    Mary Lou Simpson

  • Denver Pyle

    Denver Pyle

    Mr. Simpson

  • Perdita Chandler

    Perdita Chandler

    Georgie Rexford

  • Gene Evans

    Gene Evans

    Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Dorothy Abbott

    Dorothy Abbott

  • Phil Arnold

    Phil Arnold

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