Jet Pilot (1957) | |
| Director(s) | Josef von Sternberg |
| Producer(s) | Howard Hughes (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller/Suspense, War |
| Top Topics | Aviation, Cold War, Romance (Comic) |
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Jet Pilot (1957) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Josef von Sternberg and produced by Howard Hughes.
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Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon:
Is this a collision course I'm flying?
Col. Jim Shannon: Drop your dive brakes. You're right on top of it.
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: Have you had many of them?
Col. Jim Shannon: Many what?
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: Women.
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: [When asked why a fellow Russian has ejected from an aircraft sitting on the runway] He must have pulled the seat ejection lever instead of the seat adjustment lever!
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Col. Jim Shannon: Drop your dive brakes. You're right on top of it.
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: Have you had many of them?
Col. Jim Shannon: Many what?
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: Women.
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon: [When asked why a fellow Russian has ejected from an aircraft sitting on the runway] He must have pulled the seat ejection lever instead of the seat adjustment lever!
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In 1952, at the height of The Cold War, those "take cover" drills, the Joseph McCarthy Hearings and the aftermath of the Rosenberg Trials, this picture featured John Wayne portraying an American pilot in love with a defecting Russian spy. The film was put on the shelf for five years.
In a later flight, his plane's engine lost a turbine disk during a routine climb, forcing a dead-stick landing.
Howard Hughes intended to show off the latest in aircraft technology in 1950 (when this film was shot). By the time it was released to the public, in 1957, the aircraft featured were already obsolete.
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In a later flight, his plane's engine lost a turbine disk during a routine climb, forcing a dead-stick landing.
Howard Hughes intended to show off the latest in aircraft technology in 1950 (when this film was shot). By the time it was released to the public, in 1957, the aircraft featured were already obsolete.
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