Jet Pilot (1957)
Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!
1957 · G · 1h 52m · Action, Adventure, Romance
Genres: 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.
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Writers: Jules Furthman
Music by: Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography: Winton C. Hoch
Editor: Harry Marker, Michael R. McAdam
Budget: $9M
Cast
John Wayne as Col. Jim ShannonJanet Leigh as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga OrliefJay C. Flippen as Maj. Gen. BlackPaul Fix as Maj. RexfordRichard Rober as FBI Agent George RiversRoland Winters as Col. SokolovHans Conried as Col. MatoffIvan Triesault as Gen. Dimitri LangradJoyce Compton as Mary Lou SimpsonDenver Pyle as Mr. SimpsonPerdita Chandler as Georgie RexfordGene Evans as Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)More like this
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