Jet Pilot
Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!
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.
- Year: 1957
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
- Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
- Keyword: u.s. air force, fighter jet, jet fighter
- Director: Josef von Sternberg
- Cast: John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix, Richard Rober, Roland Winters