Jet Pilot
Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!
1957 • G • 1h 52m
5.5/10
(42 users) 
Overview
John Wayne stars as U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon, who's tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot ( 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.
5.5/10
(42 users) Cast / Crew 
John Wayne Col. Jim Shannon 
Janet Leigh Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief 
Jay C. Flippen Maj. Gen. Black 
Paul Fix Maj. Rexford 
Richard Rober FBI Agent George Rivers 
Roland Winters Col. Sokolov 
Hans Conried Col. Matoff 
Ivan Triesault Gen. Dimitri Langrad 
Joyce Compton Mary Lou Simpson 
Denver Pyle Mr. Simpson 
Perdita Chandler Georgie Rexford 
Josef von Sternberg Director 
Jules Furthman Writer Winton C. Hoch Cinematography Jules Furthman Producer 
Howard Hughes Producer 
Bronislau Kaper Music Harry Marker Editor Michael R. McAdam Editor Dick Stockton Casting 
Michael Woulfe Costume Design Larry Germain Hairstylist Layne Britton Makeup Artist Web Overlander Makeup Artist Walter Daniels Production Manager John Burch Assistant Production Manager
John Wayne Col. Jim Shannon Janet Leigh Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief Jay C. Flippen Maj. Gen. Black Paul Fix Maj. Rexford Richard Rober FBI Agent George Rivers Roland Winters Col. Sokolov Hans Conried Col. Matoff Ivan Triesault Gen. Dimitri Langrad Joyce Compton Mary Lou Simpson Denver Pyle Mr. Simpson Perdita Chandler Georgie Rexford Josef von Sternberg Director Jules Furthman Writer Winton C. Hoch Cinematography Jules Furthman Producer Howard Hughes Producer Bronislau Kaper Music Harry Marker Editor Michael R. McAdam Editor Dick Stockton Casting Michael Woulfe Costume Design Larry Germain Hairstylist Layne Britton Makeup Artist Web Overlander Makeup Artist Walter Daniels Production Manager John Burch Assistant Production Manager 
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