Runtime: 112 min
Average vote: 5.4
Release date: 1957-10-11
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Writer: Jules Furthman
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.
John Wayne
as
Col. Jim Shann...
Janet Leigh
as
Lt. Anna Marla...
Jay C. Flippen
as
Maj. Gen. Black
Paul Fix
as
Maj. Rexford
Richard Rober
as
FBI Agent Geor...
Roland Winters
as
Col. Sokolov
Hans Conried
as
Col. Matoff
Ivan Triesault
as
Gen. Dimitri L...
Joyce Compton
as
Mary Lou Simps...
Denver Pyle
as
Mr. Simpson
Perdita Chandl...
as
Georgie Rexford