Release Date: 1957-10-11
Overview: 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.
Rating: 5.4 / 10
John Wayne
as Col. Jim Shannon
Janet Leigh
as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Jay C. Flippen
as Maj. Gen. Black
Paul Fix
as Maj. Rexford
Richard Rober
as FBI Agent George Rivers
Josef von Sternberg - Director
Jules Furthman - Writer
Winton C. Hoch - Cinematography
Jules Furthman - Producer
Howard Hughes - Producer
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