Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- John WayneCol. Jim Shannon
- Janet LeighLt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
- Jay C. FlippenMaj. Gen. Black
- Paul FixMaj. Rexford
- Richard RoberFBI Agent George Rivers
- Roland WintersCol. Sokolov
- Hans ConriedCol. Matoff
- Ivan TriesaultGen. Dimitri Langrad
- Joyce ComptonMary Lou Simpson
- Denver PyleMr. Simpson
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