Jet Pilot (1957) |
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| Director(s) | Josef von Sternberg |
| Producer(s) | Howard Hughes (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller/Suspense, War |
| Top Topics | Aviation, Cold War, Romance (Comic) |
Featured Cast of Jet Pilot See More »
John Wayne(as Col. Jim Shannon)
Jet Pilot
Released
1957
Jet Pilot
Released
1957
John Wayne
(as Col. Jim Shannon)
Janet Leigh(as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief)
Jet Pilot
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1957
Jet Pilot
Released
1957
Janet Leigh
(as Lt. Anna Marladovna Sh...)
Jay C. Flippen(as Maj. Gen. Black)
Jet Pilot
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1957
Jet Pilot
Released
1957
Jay C. Flippen
(as Maj. Gen. Black)
Paul Fix(as Maj. Rexford)
Jet Pilot
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1957
Jet Pilot
Released
1957
Paul Fix
(as Maj. Rexford)
Richard Rober(as FBI Agent George Rivers)
Jet Pilot
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1957
Jet Pilot
Released
1957
Richard Rober
(as FBI Agent George River...)
Hans Conried(as Col. Matoff)
Jet Pilot
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1957
Jet Pilot
Released
1957
Hans Conried
(as Col. Matoff)
Ivan Triesault(as Gen. Langrad)
Jet Pilot
Released
1957
Jet Pilot
Released
1957
Ivan Triesault
(as Gen. Langrad)
Hall Bartlett(as Sergeant)
Jet Pilot
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1957
Jet Pilot
Released
1957
Hall Bartlett
(as Sergeant)
Jet Pilot Overview:
Jet Pilot (1957) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Josef von Sternberg and produced by Howard Hughes.
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Jet Pilot Quotes:
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon:
[to Jim] One minute I want to kill you and the next minute I want to kiss you and... kiss you and... kiss you.
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon:
Have you had many of them?
Col. Jim Shannon: Many what?
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: Women.
Col. Jim Shannon: Many what?
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: Women.
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon:
[When asked why a fellow Russian has ejected from an aircraft sitting on the runway] He must have pulled the seat ejection lever instead of the seat adjustment lever!
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon:
[screaming at Jim] Give me back my pants!
Col. Jim Shannon:
[At the Vienna restaurant, Anna leans in to kiss Jum] Wipe your chin!
[She does, and they kiss, as the scene fades to mark the end of the film]
See More Quotes from Jet Pilot[She does, and they kiss, as the scene fades to mark the end of the film]
Jet Pilot Facts
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The gloss-black, prototype Northrop XP-89 scorpion appears in some scenes set in Russia.
The film was produced by RKO in 1950 which was owned by Howard Hughes. By the time it was released in 1957, Hughes had sold RKO and the film was released by Universal.
In 1952, at the height of The Cold War, those "take cover" drills, the Joseph McCarthy Hearings and the aftermath of the Rosenberg Trials, this picture featured John Wayne portraying an American pilot in love with a defecting Russian spy. The film was put on the shelf for five years.
The last two flights of the first Bell X-1, Glamorous Glennis, were filmed for inclusion in Jet Pilot. It played the part of a Soviet "parasite fighter". The movie shows it being launched from Boeing EB-50A Superfortress, serial 46-0007. The X-1 was repainted for its role. The vertical stabilizer, fairings on the top and bottom of the fuselage, and the left wing and horizontal stabilizer were painted white. It continued to wear the movie makeup while displayed at the National Air and Space Museum until it was restored for installation in the Milestones of Flight Gallery in 1976.
Airfield scenes set in Russia were actually filmed on the main flightline at George AFB, outside of Victorville California, which appeared suitably primitive.