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Jet Pilot

Duration:
112 min
Genres:
Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller | War
IMDB rate:
5.7
Director:
Josef von Sternberg
Details
Country: USA
Filming Locations: Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
John Wayne
Col. Jim Shannon
Janet Leigh
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon
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. Langrad
Dorothy Abbott
Girl (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
Bellboy (uncredited)
Lois Austin
Saleswoman at Palm Springs Dress Shop (uncredited)
Paul Bakanas
Russian Security Man (uncredited)
Hall Bartlett
Sergeant (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
Military Policeman (uncredited)
John Bishop
Major Sinclair (uncredited)
William Bryant
Radar Monitor (uncredited)
Bruce Cameron
Batman (uncredited)
Perdita Chandler
Georgia Rexford (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
Tom Daly
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
James Dime
Russian Security Man (uncredited)
Mason Alan Dinehart
Fresh Kid at Palm Springs Dress Shop (uncredited)
Art Dupuis
Russian (uncredited)
Jane Easton
Girl (uncredited)
Bill Erwin
Sergeant (uncredited)
Gene Evans
Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)
Elizabeth Flournoy
WAF Captain (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Lt. Tiompkin (uncredited)
Barbara Freking
WAAF Private (uncredited)
Vincent Gironda
Muscleman (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Sergeant (uncredited)
Don Haggerty
Sergeant (uncredited)
Janice Hood
Girl (uncredited)
Darrell Huntley
Officer (uncredited)
Lamont Johnson
Sergeant (uncredited)
Joanne Jordan
WAC Sergeant (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Waiter (uncredited)
Ruth Lee
Mother (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Sylvia Lewis
WAC Corporal (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
Corporal (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Russian General (uncredited)
Gene Marshall
Sergeant (uncredited)
Allen Mathews
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Keith McConnell
Bartender (uncredited)
John Morgan
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Alberto Morin
Russian Guard (uncredited)
Al Murphy
Waiter (uncredited)
Wendell Niles
Major (uncredited)
Richard Norris
Russian Interrogator (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Bit Role (uncredited)
David Ormont
Russian Interrogator (uncredited)
Jack Overman
Sergeant (uncredited)
James Parnell
Control Officer (uncredited)
Denver Pyle
Mr. Simpson (uncredited)
Theodore Rand
Waiter (uncredited)
Joey Ray
Waiter (uncredited)
Al Rhein
Bartender (uncredited)
Ric Roman
Guard (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Sokolov's Batman (uncredited)
James H. Russell
Corporal (uncredited)
Sammy Shack
Driver (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Military Policeman (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Waiter (uncredited)
Jim B. Smith
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Ruthelma Stevens
Saleswoman (uncredited)
Armand Tanny
Muscleman (uncredited)
Kenneth Tobey
Sergeant (uncredited)
Rick Vallin
Sergeant (uncredited)
Mamie Van Doren
WAF (uncredited)
Billy Vernon
Drunk (uncredited)
Ralph Volkie
Driver (uncredited)
Smoki Whitfield
Henry (uncredited)
Joan Whitney
WAC Sergeant (uncredited)
Biff Yeager
Captain (uncredited)
Buck Young
Sergeant (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Technical Sergeant in Palmer Field Control Tower (uncredited)
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Trivia
The dark brown uniforms worn by Wayne and others in the earlier scenes seemed like an error; in 1957 the USAF did not use brown Class A uniforms, and had not for many years. The 1949-50 footage explains the anachronistic brown.
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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.
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In 1952, at the height of The Cold War, those "take cover" drills, the Joseph McCarthy Hearings and the aftermath of the 1951 Rosenberg Trials, this picture featured John Wayne , in real life a staunch anti-communist, portraying an American pilot in love with a defecting Russian spy. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of being spies for The Soviet Union and later found guilty and executed, in 1953, for conspiracy to commit espionage. The film was put on the shelf until 1957. By that time, RKO was under new ownership, Howard Hughes had departed and Joseph McCarthy had been severely discredited, for many of his earlier activities, by The 1954 "Army McCarthy Hearings".
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Goofs
The aircraft making the night interception on the B-36 was an F-94C. In later scenes, doing the "break off" and turn away, it was clearly an F-80 or T-33. The empennages are much different as the F-94C had an afterburner configuration also. This was not seen markedly protruding as would be seen on an F-94C.
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When the fighter breaks off after the radar intercept, the markings on the plane are backwards (flipped film).
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When Anna climbs in the two seat jet, there is a canopy support visible. When she taxis away and lowers the canopy the support is missing. The support is used to prevent the canopy from accidentally closing when ground crew are working on the plane.
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Quotes
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: Have you had many of them?
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Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: Is this a collision course I'm flying?
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Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: [screaming at Jim] Give me back my pants!
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Photos from cast
James Brown Harry Lauter
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