Jet Pilot

5.4

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

Perdita Chandler

Georgie Rexford

Art

Albert S. D'Agostino

Art Direction

Feild M. Gray

Art Direction

Harley Miller

Set Decoration

Darrell Silvera

Set Decoration

Camera

Hans F. Koenekamp

Camera Operator

Eddie Pyle

Camera Operator

Rod Tolmie

Still Photographer

Ralph Wildman

Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Michael Woulfe

Costume Design

Larry Germain

Hairstylist

Layne Britton

Makeup Artist

Web Overlander

Makeup Artist

Mel Berns

Makeup Department Head

Annabell Levy

Hairstylist

Crew

Winton C. Hoch

Cinematography

Daniel Hays

Special Effects

Jack Lannan

Special Effects

Directing

Josef von Sternberg

Director

Fred Fleck

Assistant Director

James Lane

Second Unit Director

Editing

Harry Marker

Editor

Michael R. McAdam

Editor

Production

Jules Furthman

Producer

Howard Hughes

Producer

Dick Stockton

Casting

Walter Daniels

Production Manager

John Burch

Assistant Production Manager

Sound

Bronislau Kaper

Music

Terry Kellum

Sound

Earl A. Wolcott

Sound

C. Bakaleinikoff

Conductor

Writing

Jules Furthman

Writer