Overview
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 as Col. Jim Shannon
- Janet Leigh as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
- Jay C. Flippen as Maj. Gen. Black
- Paul Fix as Maj. Rexford
- Richard Rober as FBI Agent George Rivers
- Roland Winters as Col. Sokolov
- Hans Conried as Col. Matoff
- Ivan Triesault as Gen. Dimitri Langrad
- Joyce Compton as Mary Lou Simpson
- Denver Pyle as Mr. Simpson