Jet engines roar every time Janet Leigh removes clothing in Howard Hughes’ post war romcom, “Jet Pilot,” with John Wayne as the unlikely male lead. I can think of a half dozen actors from 1949 who might have been a good match for Ms. Leigh but Wayne isn’t one of ‘em.
Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) is the top Russian officer who hopes to learn US secrets through Leigh’s sleuthing. The “secret” is that John Wayne should remain on horseback in any movie with the exception of “Sands of Iwo Jima. Bronislav Kaper, who was a Bob Crane favorite on the KNXR morning drive, did the music. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1038611_jet_pilot
