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.
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
Perdita Chandler
Georgie Rexford
Crew
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Jules Furthman
Writer, Producer
Harry Marker
Editor
Michael R. McAdam
Editor
Winton C. Hoch
Cinematography
Fred Fleck
Assistant Director
Howard Hughes
Producer
Hans F. Koenekamp
Camera Operator
Eddie Pyle
Camera Operator
Dick Stockton
Casting
Michael Woulfe
Costume Design
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Annabell Levy
Hairstylist
Mel Berns
Makeup Department Head
Layne Britton
Makeup Artist
Web Overlander
Makeup Artist
James Lane
Second Unit Director
Terry Kellum
Sound
Earl A. Wolcott
Sound
Daniel Hays
Special Effects
Jack Lannan
Special Effects
Bronislau Kaper
Music
Harley Miller
Set Decoration
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Rod Tolmie
Still Photographer
Ralph Wildman
Grip
Walter Daniels
Production Manager
John Burch
Assistant Production Manager
C. Bakaleinikoff
Conductor
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Feild M. Gray
Art Direction
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