1957
Jet Pilot (1957)
"Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!"
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.
Josef von Sternberg
112 min
United States of America
DirectorJosef von Sternberg
CastJanet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, John Wayne, Paul Fix, Richard Rober, Roland Winters
CountryUnited States of America
Duration112 min