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.
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
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3.1 / 5
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Cast
John Wayne
Col. Jim Shannon
Janet Leigh
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
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. Dimitri Langrad
Joyce Compton
Mary Lou Simpson
Denver Pyle
Mr. Simpson
Gene Evans
Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)
Crew
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Jules Furthman
Writer
Jules Furthman
Producer
Howard Hughes
Producer
Bronislau Kaper
Music
Michael Woulfe
Costume Design
C. Bakaleinikoff
Conductor
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
1 review
Bearman08
4.0★ · 01/03/26
Oh it’s very sexiest and deeply seeded in Cold War era red scare mentality but boy do those planes fly.
Oh it’s very sexiest and deeply seeded in Cold War era red scare mentality but boy do those planes fly.
