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.
John Wayne
as Col. Jim Shannon
Janet Leigh
as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Jay C. Flippen
as Maj. Gen. Black
Paul Fix
as Maj. Rexford
Richard Rober
as FBI Agent George Rivers
Roland Winters
as Col. Sokolov
Hans Conried
as Col. Matoff
Ivan Triesault
as Gen. Dimitri Langrad
Joyce Compton
as Mary Lou Simpson
Denver Pyle
as Mr. Simpson
Perdita Chandler
as Georgie Rexford
