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Jet Pilot

( Catalog Number 40603 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Jet Pilot
1957 - 113 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Howard Hughes produced this tale of an American Air Force colonel (John Wayne) in love with Russian defector Janet Leigh.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
If Jet Pilot seems hopelessly out of date today, imagine how filmgoers in 1957 reacted when this relic from 1949 was taken off the shelf. Many, many years in the making due to the maniacal tinkering by producer Howard Hughes (who reportedly lost $4 million on it - a massive sum back then), the film was deemed unreleasable upon completion; only when Universal-International took over distribution of a handful of RKO Radio productions did it finally see the light of day. John Wayne stars as an air force colonel stationed in an Alaskan outpost only 40 miles or so from the Soviet Union. Wayne is put in charge of Russian jet pilot Janet Leigh, who claims that she wants to defect. Actually, Leigh is a Communist spy, but thanks to Wayne's affectionate attentions she is won over to the side of Democracy. Thus it is that Leigh rescues the Duke when he is kidnapped and nearly brainwashed by her Commie comrades. Jet Pilot was eventually bought back from U-I by Hughes for his personal collection; not only did he buy into the propagandistic plotline, but he was also enthralled by the aerial scenes, some of which were staged by legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager. The 1949 production date for a number of sequences explains not only why so many of the actors look young for 1957, but the existence of several supporting cast members who had died in the interim (such as Jack Overman and Richard Rober).

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Cast for Jet Pilot

John Wayne
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh
Jay C. Flippen
Paul Fix
Richard Rober
Roland Winters
Hans Conried
Ivan Triesault

Crew for Jet Pilot

Producer Jules Furthman
Producer Howard Hughes
Cinematographer Winton C. Hoch
Composer Bronislau Kaper
Costume Designer Michael Woulfe
Director Josef von Sternberg
Editor Harry Marker
Editor Michael R. McAdam
Editor William M. Moore
Editor James Wilkinson
Writer Jules Furthman

Feature Details

Title: Jet Pilot
Feature Release Date: 1957
Genre: Action
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Color
Runtime: 113 Minutes
Chapters: 25
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 3 Mar 1993
Catalog Number: 40603
UPC: 096894060367
ISBN: 0-7832-0414-0
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 40603
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with heavy shelf-wear

John Wayne and Janet Leigh in...

Jet Pilot

( Catalog Number 40603 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

LaserDiscs

Jet Pilot
1957 - 113 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Howard Hughes produced this tale of an American Air Force colonel (John Wayne) in love with Russian defector Janet Leigh.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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. Many, many years in the making due to the maniacal tinkering by producer Howard Hughes (who reportedly lost $4 million on it - a massive sum back then), the film was deemed unreleasable upon completion; only when Universal-International took over distribution of a handful of RKO Radio productions did it finally see the light of day. John Wayne stars as an air force colonel stationed in an Alaskan outpost only 40 miles or so from the Soviet Union. Wayne is put in charge of Russian jet pilot Janet Leigh, who claims that she wants to defect. Actually, Leigh is a Communist spy, but thanks to Wayne's affectionate attentions she is won over to the side of Democracy. Thus it is that Leigh rescues the Duke when he is kidnapped and nearly brainwashed by her Commie comrades. Jet Pilot was eventually bought back from U-I by Hughes for his personal collection; not only did he buy into the propagandistic plotline, but he was also enthralled by the aerial scenes, some of which were staged by legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager. The 1949 production date for a number of sequences explains not only why so many of the actors look young for 1957, but the existence of several supporting cast members who had died in the interim (such as Jack Overman and Richard Rober).

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Cast for Jet Pilot

John Wayne
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh
Jay C. Flippen
Paul Fix
Richard Rober
Roland Winters
Hans Conried
Ivan Triesault

Crew for Jet Pilot

Producer Jules Furthman
Producer Howard Hughes
Cinematographer Winton C. Hoch
Composer Bronislau Kaper
Costume Designer Michael Woulfe
Director Josef von Sternberg
Editor Harry Marker
Editor Michael R. McAdam
Editor William M. Moore
Editor James Wilkinson
Writer Jules Furthman

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