Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot

11/10/1957 1h 52m 5.4/10

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.

Director

Fred Fleck

Top Billed Cast

John Wayne

John Wayne

Col. Jim Shannon

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Maj. Rexford

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Maj. Gen. Black

Roland Winters

Roland Winters

Col. Sokolov

Richard Rober

Richard Rober

FBI Agent George Rivers

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