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What delayed the release of Jet Pilot for seven years?
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The release of the Cold War romance Jet Pilot, starring John Wayne and Janet Leigh, was delayed for seven years because the film's producer, Howard Hughes, repeatedly tinkered with the production after it was shot in 1950.1