Jet Pilot
Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!
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.
- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
- Signature
- Drama · Action · Craft
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12 billed performers
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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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Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $9M
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- Release date
- Oct 11, 1957
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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