Jet Pilot 1957

Name: Jet Pilot
Released: 1957-10-11
Cast: John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix, Richard Rober

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Josef von Sternberg
Written by:	Jules Furthman
Runtime:	112 minutes
Critics score:	60 / 100
Tagline:	Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!