Release Date

11 Oct, 1957

Runtime

01:52: (HH:MM)

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. 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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Actors

John Wayne

Janet Leigh

Jay C. Flippen

Paul Fix

Richard Rober

Roland Winters

Hans Conried

Ivan Triesault

Joyce Compton

Denver Pyle

Perdita Chandler

Crew

Jules Furthman

Josef von Sternberg

Winton C. Hoch

Jules Furthman

Larry Germain

Howard Hughes

Michael Woulfe

Jack Lannan

Harry Marker

Layne Britton

Walter Daniels

Michael R. McAdam

Hans F. Koenekamp

Daniel Hays