Jet Pilot

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.

• Jules FurthmanWriter
• Josef von SternbergDirector

• 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)