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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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Box Office

Budget: $9,000,000
Revenue: N/A

Verdict: Unknown

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Crew

Directors

> Josef von Sternberg (Director)
> Fred Fleck (Assistant Director)
> James Lane (Second Unit Director)

Writers

> Jules Furthman (Writer)