Capt. Tom Arnett — Jet Attack Character Profile

About Capt. Tom Arnett

US Air Force captain who leads an F-86 escort, volunteers for a deep-penetration rescue mission into North Korea, reconnects with former lover Tanya Nikova, and ultimately escapes in a captured MiG-15.

Capt. Tom Arnett — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

John Agar

Appears in

Jet Attack (1958)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Capt. Tom Arnett — Professional Commander — Col. Catlett (George Cisar)

  Direct military superior-subordinate relationship driving the mission.

• Capt. Tom Arnett — Professional Rescuee — Dean Olmstead (Joseph Hamilton)

  Military rescue assignment between pilot and captured scientist.

• Capt. Tom Arnett — Romantic Former Lovers — Tanya Nikova (Audrey Totter)

  Past romantic history that complicates their current mission partnership.

• Capt. Tom Arnett — Alliance Teammate — Capt. Chon (Victor Sen Yung)

  Cooperative alliance between American pilot and local guerrilla commander.

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• Lt. 'Sandy' Wilkinson (James Dobson)
• Capt. Chon (Victor Sen Yung)
• Col. Catlett (George Cisar)
• Maj. Garver (Guy Prescott)
• Dean Olmstead (Joseph Hamilton)
• Muju (Stella Lynn)
• Col. Kuban (Robert Carricart)
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