Jet Pilot
1957 • Action | Adventure
5.5 (49)
Jules Furthman
Writer
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Status
Released
Release date
October 11, 1957
Duration
112 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.7782
Budget
$9,000,000
Revenue
$0
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.
Cast
John Wayne
Janet Leigh
Jay C. Flippen
Paul Fix
Richard Rober
Roland Winters
Hans Conried
Ivan Triesault
Joyce Compton
Denver Pyle
Gene Evans
