← Cinema Atlas
Discover great cinema and the connections that made it possible.
Les Espions poster
Synopsis

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.

Year1958
CountryFrance
DirectorHenri-Georges Clouzot
Cinematic DNA

We haven't mapped this film's connections yet. Explore Henri-Georges Clouzot's other work or films from France below.

Cinema of France →

More from Henri-Georges Clouzot

France · French New Wave

Films with Similar Themes

Cold War espionage · defection and betrayal · romance across enemy lines · military secrets · moral dilemma

More from France

Cinema of France