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113 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Budget. $9,000,000. Jet Pilot is a 1957 American Cold War romance film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring John Wayne and Janet Leigh. It was written and produced by Jules Furthman, and presented by Howard Hughes.
- $9,000,000
- Jules Furthman, Howard Hughes (presenter)
Jet Pilot: Directed by Josef von Sternberg. With John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix. Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.
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- Action, Drama, Romance
- Josef von Sternberg
- 1957-10-01
At an Air Force base in Alaska, expert pilot Col. Jim Shannon receives word from dispatch that a Russian plane is circling overhead. He orders Maj. Rexford to escort the plane down without injury, and once it has landed, is shocked to discover that the pilot is beautiful young Soviet lieutenant Anna Marladovna.
- Josef Von Sternberg
- John Wayne
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During the Cold War, a Russian jet enters air space over Alaska and is escorted to an American air base. The pilot, Anna Marladovna (Janet Leigh) demands asylum but refuses to provide...
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- Drama
- G
Synopsis. Exploding with all the power of the jet age… with all the passion of a daring love story! 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.