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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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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)
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A waste
The aerial footage is nice, but once people start talking, the film goes into a tailspin. The plot seems as though it was made up as they went along (on a few occasions, I thought a reel must be missing) and I don't think I'm giving anything away (like there was any suspense anyway) by saying John Wayne must really love Janet Leigh to stay with her after she pistol whips him. Twice. It's unintentionally hilarious but unbelievably bad. I always like Hans Conreid, but he doesn't show up until the very end. All of the other actors in the film have a wooden presentation, as though they brought in actual air force officers to appear in the film. And if the U.S. military really hatched a plan like this, there should be courts martial all around.
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- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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