Jet Pilot

1957
PG
1h 53m

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5.6/10

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John Wayne and Janet Leigh in Jet Pilot (1957)

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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Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.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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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

2.8K

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John Wayne

Col. Jim Shannon

Janet Leigh

Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon…

Jay C. Flippen

Maj. Gen. Black

Paul Fix

Maj. Rexford

Richard Rober

FBI Agent George Rivers

Roland Winters

Col. Sokolov

Hans Conried

Col. Matoff

Ivan Triesault

Gen. Langrad

Dorothy Abbott

Girl
(uncredited)

Phil Arnold

Bellboy
(uncredited)

Lois Austin

Saleswoman at Palm Springs Dress Shop
(uncredited)

Paul Bakanas

Russian Security Man
(uncredited)

Hall Bartlett

Sergeant
(uncredited)

Gregg Barton

Military Policeman
(uncredited)

John Bishop

Maj. Sinclair
(uncredited)

Earl Breithard

Guard
(uncredited)

James Brown

Sergeant
(uncredited)

William Bryant

Radar Monitor
(uncredited)

Director
- Josef von Sternberg
Writer
- Jules Furthman
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I viewed this movie today on AMC. Indeed a silly, unlikely plot, but that's not the hook. Janet Leigh is the highlight of this movie. It's obvious there is no attempt at realism, but it was a pleasure to watch a young Ms. Leigh in her younger days as a stunning beauty! This was the golden age of movie screen beauty in my view.

Her line that she liked to view the merchandise before she buys it, is as provacative as it got in 1957 movies.

John Wayne was quite wooden in this movie, but what else is new. His best performance was "The Searchers". Other cast members were hardly visible and served mostly as window dressing in this one.

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Trivia
Howard Hughes intended to show off the latest in aircraft technology in 1949-50 (when this film was shot). By the time it was finally released to the public in 1957, the aircraft featured were already obsolete.

Goofs
When Lt. Marladovna is taken to the General at Headquarters she is seen wearing her full dress uniform.

She wouldn't have her dress uniform with her on flight operations, and she didn't have a bag large enough to carry such uniform when she landed at the US base.

Quotes
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: [When asked why a fellow Russian has ejected from an aircraft sitting on the runway] He made a mistake. He pulled the seat ejector instead of the seat adjuster.