Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot

5.5

Oct 11 1957

2h 52m

Action, Adventure, Romance

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.

John Wayne

John Wayne

Col. Jim Shannon

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Maj. Gen. Black

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Maj. Rexford