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.

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  John Wayne

  Col. Jim Shannon
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  Janet Leigh

  Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
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  Jay C. Flippen

  Maj. Gen. Black
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  Paul Fix

  Maj. Rexford
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  Richard Rober

  FBI Agent George Rivers
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  Roland Winters

  Col. Sokolov
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  Hans Conried

  Col. Matoff
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  Ivan Triesault

  Gen. Dimitri Langrad
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  Joyce Compton

  Mary Lou Simpson
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  Denver Pyle

  Mr. Simpson