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U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon is tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and marrying her, 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.
Theatrical
Oct 11, 1957
DVD / Blu-ray
May 15, 2001
Budget
$9.0M
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RKO Radio Pictures
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Full credits →J
John Wayne
Col. Jim Shannon
J
Janet Leigh
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
J
Jay C. Flippen
Maj. Gen. Black
P
Paul Fix
Maj. Rexford
R
Richard Rober
FBI Agent George Rivers
R
Roland Winters
Col. Sokolov
H
Hans Conried
Col. Matoff
I
Ivan Triesault
Gen. Dimitri Langrad
J
Joyce Compton
Mary Lou Simpson
D
Denver Pyle
Mr. Simpson
P
Perdita Chandler
Georgie Rexford
G
Gene Evans
Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)
D
Dorothy Abbott
P
Phil Arnold
L
Lois Austin
H
Hall Bartlett
G
Gregg Barton
J
James Brown
W
William Bryant
B
Bruce Cameron
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