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Release, runtime and language
1957 · 112 mins · English
Directed by
Josef von Sternberg
Starring
John Wayne, Paul Fix, Jay C. Flippen, Ivan Triesault, Hans Conried, Janet Leigh

John Wayne plays U.S. Air Force pilot Jim Shannon, assigned to escort a Soviet flyer (Janet Leigh) who claims she wants to defect during the height of the Cold War. Shannon falls in love, marries her, then discovers she is a spy sent to steal military secrets. Determined to protect his new wife from imprisonment and deportation, he hatches a dangerous plan to outwit his superiors in this 1957 drama.

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