1957/10/11 (US) | Action, Adventure, Romance
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.
Josef von Sternberg
Director
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
$ 9,000,000
$ 0
Released
Jules Furthman
Writer
Winton C. Hoch
Cinematography
Jules Furthman
Producer
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Howard Hughes
Producer
Michael Woulfe
Costume Design
Jack Lannan
Special Effects