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Jet Pilot

Josef von Sternberg

1957 • 1h 52m

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...

Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot (1957) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Cast

John Wayne

John WayneCol. Jim Shannon

Janet Leigh

Janet LeighLt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. FlippenMaj. Gen. Black

Paul Fix

Paul FixMaj. Rexford

Richard Rober

Richard RoberFBI Agent George Rivers

Roland Winters

Roland WintersCol. Sokolov

Hans Conried

Hans ConriedCol. Matoff

Ivan Triesault

Ivan TriesaultGen. Dimitri Langrad

Joyce Compton

Joyce ComptonMary Lou Simpson

Denver Pyle

Denver PyleMr. Simpson

Perdita ChandlerGeorgie Rexford

Gene Evans

Gene EvansAirfield Sergeant (uncredited)

Crew

Jules Furthman

Jules FurthmanWriter

Josef von Sternberg

Josef von SternbergDirector

Howard Hughes

Howard HughesProducer

Michael Woulfe

Michael WoulfeCostume Design

C. Bakaleinikoff

C. BakaleinikoffConductor

Bronislau Kaper

Bronislau KaperMusic

Albert S. D'Agostino

Albert S. D'AgostinoArt Direction

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