Jet Pilot
1957-10-11
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1h 52m
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G
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Action
Adventure
Romance
User Score
44 votes
"Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!"
Overview
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.
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Jules Furthman
Writer
