

Jet Pilot
DirectorJosef von Sternberg
“Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!”
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.
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Jet Pilot (1957) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
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
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