
Jet Pilot
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.
Release Date: 1957-10-11
Action
Adventure
Romance
★★★★★★★★★★ (43 votes)
Casts

John Wayne
as Col. Jim Shannon

Janet Leigh
as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / 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. Dimitri Langrad

Joyce Compton
as Mary Lou Simpson

Denver Pyle
as Mr. Simpson