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Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.
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
- Maj. Sinclair
- (uncredited)
Earl Breithard
- Guard
- (uncredited)
James Brown
- Sergeant
- (uncredited)
William Bryant
- Radar Monitor
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaHoward Hughes intended to show off the latest in aircraft technology in 1949-50 (when this film was shot). By the time it was finally released to the public in 1957, the aircraft featured were already obsolete.
- GoofsWhen Lt. Marladovna is taken to the General at Headquarters she is seen wearing her full dress uniform.
She wouldn't have her dress uniform with her on flight operations, and she didn't have a bag large enough to carry such uniform when she landed at the US base.
- Quotes
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: [When asked why a fellow Russian has ejected from an aircraft sitting on the runway] He made a mistake. He pulled the seat ejector instead of the seat adjuster.
- Crazy creditsAdvertising carried the credits "Starring John Wayne, Janet Leigh, and the United States Air Force."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story: Howard's Way (1987)
Featured review
"You're pretty well stuffed yourself."
Cold War romance brought to you not by Kraft, makers of fine cheese, but by Howard Hughes in all his mentally ill glory. There's John Wayne doing his best John Wayne, which is always fun. We get lots of scenes of flying jets complete with a seemingly endless soundtrack of jet noises. What are jet noises? You know, that sound like on the Roadrunner cartoons when Wile E. Coyote strapped a rocket to his back. But the main reason to watch this is lovely Janet Leigh, Hughes' muse of the moment. The camera's absolutely in love with her. She made many better pictures but few quite as enjoyable for me. It's a good movie of its type, helped along by some unintended comedy and the lovely Ms. Leigh. It's the kind of movie I just like to look at even if I don't care what the actors are saying.
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- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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