Jet Pilot

1957 · 112 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 2,834 VOTES · DIR. Josef von Sternberg

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,406 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:55 Dog Patch Red to Yellow Kid.
00:06:50 Aw, shucks.
00:12:04 But why?
00:18:55 This might be some new form of Russian propaganda.
00:23:01 right in my office almost before her hands got warm.
00:26:57 Oh. The seat ejector. So your father was a bird stuffer.
00:31:55 You can show me a few things too.
00:36:41 Target contacted.
00:40:55 you believe the individual must sacrifice his personal feelings...
00:44:54 Try this on, Lieutenant.
00:49:44 That's right. Both are dangerous narcotics.
00:53:36 But, honey, I'm just dead. Let's try someplace else, huh?
00:58:34 Watch this.
01:03:30 Are you going to kill me? I don't know.
01:07:07 Do you have a call for me, Henry? Yes, sir.
01:10:29 Are you insane? Haven't I got you in enough trouble?
01:16:41 and I cannot believe the Americans got much information out of you.
01:20:23 You'd better not.
01:24:22 You still hate me for that, don't you?
01:28:38 Russian ones.
01:33:28 Must be Colonel Sokolov.
01:38:42 If you mean your superior officer, you won't have to look very far.
01:42:43 Very well.
93:04:03 I'm sorry.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,406
Dialogue density12.6 lines / min
First line00:01:55
Final line93:04:03

Production Record

DirectorJosef von Sternberg
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9,000,000
IMDb votes2,834