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Jet Pilot

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

5.5(49)

Released:October 11, 1957

Runtime:1h 52m

Status:Released

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.

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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

Georgie Rexford

Gene Evans

Gene Evans

Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)

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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.

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