Josef von Sternberg

Jet Pilot

John Wayne and Janet Leigh star in Josef von Sternberg's only colour film.

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Von Sternberg needed work, so agreed to direct Howard Hughes' 'Hell's Angels of the jet age', with John Wayne a red-hating USAF colonel and Janet Leigh a Soviet fighter pilot. Re-shoots and second thoughts delayed release for five years. Leigh was seldom lovelier than in this, the director's first and only colour film.

DirectorJosef Von Sternberg
CastPaul Fix
CountryUSA
Year1957
Running time112min
CertificateU

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BFI Southbank Programme