Jet Pilot (1957)
Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!
113 min
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.
- Release date
- October 11, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $9,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- John Wayne as Col. Jim Shannon
- Janet Leigh as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon
- Janet Leigh as Olga Orlief
- Jay C. Flippen as Maj. Gen. Black
- Paul Fix as Maj. Rexford
- Richard Rober as FBI Agent George Rivers
- Roland Winters as Col. Sokolov
- Hans Conried as Col. Matoff
- Ivan Triesault as Gen. Langrad
- Dorothy Abbott as Girl
- Phil Arnold as Bellboy
Crew
- Josef von Sternberg · Director
- Jules Furthman · Writer
- Jules Furthman · Producer
- Bronislau Kaper · Composer
- Winton C. Hoch · Cinematographer
- Harry Marker · Editor
- Michael R. McAdam · Editor
- William M. Moore · Editor