Film
Jet Pilot
United States- Age rating
- 12
- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
- Year
- 1957
Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!
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.
Top cast
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
Gene Evans
Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)
Dorothy Abbott
Phil Arnold
Lois Austin
Paul Bakanas
Hall Bartlett
Gregg Barton
Directed by
Josef von Sternberg
Written by
Jules Furthman
Produced by
Jules Furthman, Howard Hughes
