Janet leigh in the 1957 film jet pilot 8x10 publicity. Discover new movies, browse movie lists by any category, watch trailers. The film was shot in 19491950 and hughes vision was for an updated hells. Air force colonel jim shannon is tasked to escort a defecting soviet pilot who. Her opening sequences are among the sexiest i have ever seen and make it worth viewing the film. The last day of shooting was in may 1953, but the technicolor.
In terms of the best jet pilot dvd, this is the one to get, since it for now offers the best transfer of a film that universal continues to treat like a poverty row b movie. Jet pilot, a song by system of a down from the album toxicity. Howard hughes and the cold war aviation film jet pilot 1957. Jet pilot 1957 air force colonel jim shannon is tasked to escort a defecting soviet pilot who is scheming to lure shannon to the ussr. Air force aviator jim shannon, whos tasked with escorting a soviet pilot janet leigh claiming at the height of the cold war. This often maligned howard hughes offering, began filming in 1949 and was shelved until its belated release in 1957, is in my humble opinion, most entertaining. Jet pilot 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Jet pilot 1957 title sequence the movie title stills. Another new feature we have added to our website is that now we can finally translate subtitle to arabic, japanese, chinese and translation of the subtitle into all languages that have similar. Watch jets game online jets games streaming live streams. Universalinternational ended up distributing jet pilot. If jet pilot seems hopelessly out of date today, imagine how filmgoers in 1957 reacted when this relic from 1949 was taken off the shelf.
Our photographs are high quality reproductions, in mint condition, professionally printed on beautiful lustre finish photographic paper. General chuck yeager flew much of the aerobatics in jet pilot 1957 produced by howard hughes. Yes, the script is questionable at times, but john wayne and janet leigh do shine in their roles, and the flying scenes are exciting. Janet leigh john wayne original vintage 1957 jet pilot. Jet pilot isnt an overly good representative of john waynes filmography, but it does provide a lesser known iteration of the disorganized life of its producer, howard hughes. Jet pilot released in 1957 struck me as a script that didnt go through enough development before filming. Although release dates for jet pilot were announced in hr news items in 1951, 1953 and 1955, in feb 1957, it was included in a package of completed films that rko sold to universalinternational, when that studio took over the u. F86 b36b f94a eb50a t33a and the bell x1 that first broke the sound barrier. The glory guys full movie, western, romance, english, entire cowboy film free full westerns duration. The last day of shooting was in may 1953, but the technicolor film was kept out of release by hughes due to his tinkering until october 1957, by which time hughes had sold rko. Having said that, i personally like this movie a lot. Gallery of 15 movie poster and cover images for jet pilot 1957.
Jet pilot 1957 produced by howard hughes was shot between 19491951. An american air force colonel wayne in charge of an alaskan air force base falls in love with a defecting russian jet pilot leigh. It was written and produced by jules furthman, and presented by howard hughes. Filming lasted more than eighteen months, beginning in 1949. After falling in love with and wedding the fetching flyer, shannon learns from his superiors that shes a spy on a mission to extract. Jet pilot 1957 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. They marry, but wayne suspects leigh is a spy planted to find out top u. Wars have been fought and airplane designs have been improved since jet pilot, which opened at the palace yesterday, went before the cameras in 1949. To save his new wife from prison and deportation, shannon. Jet pilot horse, an american thoroughbred racehorse jet pilot, a 1957 cold war action film. Jet pilot 1957 movie free archives watch hot english. Janet leigh in the 1957 film jet pilot fb886 janet leigh in a publicity photo from the 1957 universal pictures film jet pilot. John wayne col shannon janet leigh anna air force colonel shannon is assigned to escort defecting soviet pilot anna.
Starring john wayne, janet leigh, jay c flippen, hans conried and. Many, many years in the making due to the maniacal. Janet leigh tony curtis original vintage 4x5 photo transparency slide 1953. Air force aviator jim shannon, whos tasked with escorting a soviet pilot janet leigh claiming at the height of the cold war that she wants to defect. The film jet pilot 1957, easily subtitled as the the cold war gives way to eros1, remains an underappreciated gem of high camp from the era of the 1950s that offers unique insights into the eccentricities of howard hughes, as well as the nature of american cold war cultural. Watch free movies online content is updated daily and always free. It was not released until 1957, by which time jet aircraft technology was no longer a novelty or as interesting to the public. One thing i noticed is the uniforms are basically wwii era usaaf brown uniforms with usaf rank, especially for enlisted. Janet leigh john wayne original vintage 1957 jet pilot rko.
Featuring an alist cast, loads of jetfueled action and plenty of 80s cheese, the film follows students at the u. Jet pilot 1957 full movie download full hd youtube. The movie flopped both critically and at the box office and hughes lost millions as a result. Beautiful aerial cinematography in this cold war film. He falls in love with her, but she is scheming to lure him back to the ussr. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. John wayne, hans conried, janet leigh, roland winters john wayne stars as u. After falling in love with and wedding the fetching flyer, shannon learns from his superiors that shes a spy on a mission to extract military secrets. Flippen, paul fix, richard rober, roland winters, hans conried, ivan triesault director. May, 2010 jet pilot isnt an overly good representative of john waynes filmography, but it does provide a lesser known iteration of the disorganized life of its producer, howard hughes. Featuring an alist cast, loads of jet fueled action and plenty of 80s cheese, the film follows students at the u.
The film eventually emerged in theatres via universal pictures, who acquired the films distribution when hughes sold studio rko after a tumultuous and rather. Air force colonel jim shannon is tasked to escort a defecting soviet pilot who is scheming to lure shannon to the ussr. Jet pilot roy lichtenstein, a 1962 pop art work jet pilot, a song by bob dylan from the album biograph jet pilot, a song by system of a down from the album toxicity. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title jet pilot. This is an original, vintage 1957 8x10 color photo issued by rko studio for the film classic jet pilot. And although equally poor as waynes other dud the conqueror 1956 somehow jet pilot is usually not mentioned in the same breath. There are too many of the same sequences of wayne and the beautiful janet leigh flying around. Navys elite fighter pilot school as two cocky pilots, maverick tom cruise. Make your own movie lists and share them with your friends. Flippen, paul fix, richard rober, roland winters, hans conried, ivan triesault, dorothy abbott, phil. The us air force, still taking advantage of chuck yeagers 1947 supersonic flight for publicity, offered his services as a stunt pilot. The movie was actually completed in 1950, although not released until 1957.