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Jet Pilot (1957)

Jet Pilot (1957)

Action Romance Adventure

Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!

Release Date: 1957, October 11
Directors: Josef von Sternberg
Countries: United States of America
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
Cast: Janet Leigh, Joyce Compton, Paul Fix, Hans Conried, Roland Winters, John Wayne, Jay C. Flippen, Denver Pyle, Ivan Triesault, Richard Rober, Perdita Chandler

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.

Keywords:

u.s. air force fighter jet jet fighter rko-scope