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.
as Col. Jim Shannon
as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
as Maj. Gen. Black
as Maj. Rexford
as FBI Agent George Rivers
as Col. Sokolov
as Col. Matoff
as Gen. Dimitri Langrad
as Mary Lou Simpson
as Mr. Simpson
as Georgie Rexford
