
"Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story!"
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.
Col. Jim Shannon

Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

Maj. Gen. Black

Maj. Rexford

FBI Agent George Rivers

Col. Sokolov

Col. Matoff

Gen. Dimitri Langrad

Mary Lou Simpson

Mr. Simpson

Georgie Rexford