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Film / 1957
Jet Pilot
Directed by
Josef von Sternberg
U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon is tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and marrying her, 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.
The story
U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon is tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and marrying her, 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.
Cast
John WayneCol. Jim Shannon
Janet LeighLt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Jay C. FlippenMaj. Gen. Black
Paul FixMaj. Rexford
Richard RoberFBI Agent George Rivers
Roland WintersCol. Sokolov
Hans ConriedCol. Matoff
Ivan TriesaultGen. Dimitri Langrad
Joyce ComptonMary Lou Simpson
Denver PyleMr. Simpson
Perdita ChandlerGeorgie Rexford
Gene EvansAirfield Sergeant (uncredited)
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Dorothy Abbott
Phil Arnold
Lois Austin
Paul Bakanas
Hall Bartlett
Gregg Barton
John Bishop
James Brown
William Bryant
Shirley Buchanan
Bruce Cameron
Tom Daly
Jimmy Dime
Mason Alan Dinehart
Art Dupuis
Jane Easton
Bill Erwin
Elizabeth Flournoy
Paul Frees
Barbara Freking
Fred Graham
Don Haggerty
Janice Hood
Lamont Johnson
Joanne Jordan
Mike Lally
Harry Lauter
Ruth Lee
Nelson Leigh
Sylvia Lewis
Herbert Lytton
Mike Mahoney
Michael Mark
Allen Mathews
Keith McConnell
John Morgan
Alberto Morin
Al Murphy
Wendell Niles
Richard Norris
Frank O'Connor
David Ormont
Jack Overman
James Parnell
Theodore Rand
Joey Ray
Al Rhein
Ric Roman
Gene Roth
James H. Russell
Sammy Shack
Jack Shea
Carl Sklover
Jim B. Smith
Ruthelma Stevens
Armand Tanny
Kenneth Tobey
Rick Vallin
Mamie Van Doren
Ralph Volkie
Smoki Whitfield
John Whitney
Buck Young
Carleton Young
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