Jet Pilot

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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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John Wayne

Col. Jim Shannon

Janet Leigh

Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

Jay C. Flippen

Maj. Gen. Black

Paul Fix

Maj. Rexford

Richard Rober

FBI Agent George Rivers

Roland Winters

Col. Sokolov

Hans Conried

Col. Matoff

Ivan Triesault

Gen. Dimitri Langrad

Joyce Compton

Mary Lou Simpson

Denver Pyle

Mr. Simpson