JET PILOT - BLU

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• Release Year: 1957
• Genre: Adventure, Classic, War
• Plot: From producer Howard Hughes (Hell’s Angels, The Outlaw) and director Josef von Sternberg (Thunderbolt, The Blue Angel) comes the thrilling and often humorous Cold War adventure Jet Pilot starring screen greats John Wayne (Rio Bravo, Brannigan) and Janet Leigh (Touch of Evil, The Manchurian Candidate). Wayne gives one of his most commanding performances as an American Air Force colonel who is sent by the Pentagon to obtain top-secret information from a Russian pilot (Leigh). The two eventually fall in love and, with their marriage as a perfect cover, the colonel is ordered to flee to Russia with his bride—this time with him posing as a defector. When the political charade is discovered, however, the courageous couple must embark on a heart-pounding escape with enemy agents in hot pursuit. Written by Jules Furthman (Spawn of the North, Nightmare Alley) and shot by Winton C. Hoch (Joan of Arc, The Quiet Man), Jet Pilot is a high-flying spectacle that “soars in an ecstatic flight of speed, grace and color” (Andrew Sarris).
• Cast: John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix, Richard Rober, Roland Winters, Hans Conried, Ivan Triesault, Dorothy Abbott, Phil Arnold, Lois Austin, Paul Bakanas, Gregg Barton, John Bishop, Perdita Chandler, Joyce Compton, Tom Daly, James Dime, Alan Dinehart III, Jane Easton, Bill Erwin, Gene Evans, Elizabeth Flournoy, Paul Frees, Barbara Freking, Vincent Gironda, Fred Graham, Don Haggerty, Janice Hood, Darrell Huntley, Joan Jordan, Mike Lally, Harry Lauter, Ruth Lee, Nelson Leigh, Sylvia Lewis, Herbert Lytton, Michael Mark, Allen Mathews, Keith McConnell, John Morgan, Al Murphy, Wendell Niles, Richard Norris, David Ormont, Jack Overman, Denver Pyle, Theodore Rand, Joey Ray, Gene Roth, Jack Shea, Jim B. Smith, Ruthelma Stevens, Armand Tanny, Kenneth Tobey, Mamie Van Doren, Billy Vernon, Smoki Whitfield, Joan Whitney, Biff Yeager, Carleton Young, Josef von Sternberg, Jules Furthman
• Director: Josef von Sternberg
• Runtime: 1:53
• Company: Universal
• Media Format: Movie