- HD 1080
- Runtime: 112m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Josef von Sternberg
- Stars: John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix, Richard Rober
- keywords: u.s. air force, fighter jet, jet fighter
- Production_studio: RKO Radio Pictures
- Slogan: Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!
- The Jet Pilot is featured in the top rankings of 1957
- #42 in Top Romance Movies of 1957
- #18 in Top Adventure Movies of 1957
- #12 in Top Action Movies of 1957
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.
