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Jet Pilot
1 hour 52 minutes1957-10-11
5.5
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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.
Cast
![John Wayne](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ggHZ8WTKaoD9bGRhmC1FlV9sXwL.jpg)
John Wayne
Col. Jim Shannon
![Janet Leigh](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2dv9IqJEx31RSoH7xAHlJZXF5uB.jpg)
Janet Leigh
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
![Jay C. Flippen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rfIPu6mEFDiJSnDMDZXLJTU04xT.jpg)
Jay C. Flippen
Maj. Gen. Black
![Paul Fix](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jz7oZgyAR4TkIkSJ3knA66NEu9E.jpg)
Paul Fix
Maj. Rexford
![Richard Rober](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fPORfyy2yqtECmbayq9Ffj1kTVo.jpg)
Richard Rober
FBI Agent George Rivers
![Roland Winters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3dZQ2NzZwvgOVODs3WxmqrtfWU3.jpg)
Roland Winters
Col. Sokolov
![Hans Conried](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rftuT9tTEqVoEDqqJZEQicnXHVH.jpg)
Hans Conried
Col. Matoff
![Ivan Triesault](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pNrEdprQB7ON6M5CcBaBxCVxq5Y.jpg)
Ivan Triesault
Gen. Dimitri Langrad
![Joyce Compton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//z5rRRN40OSWX1G5i5edvfqe56wv.jpg)
Joyce Compton
Mary Lou Simpson
![Denver Pyle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eYRwwhl3pWu3oNn1GKerUauooSV.jpg)
Denver Pyle
Mr. Simpson
![Perdita Chandler](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)