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The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels

The Book They Said Could Never Be Filmed!

19576.81h 31m

Overview

In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.

Directed by Douglas Sirk
Written by William Faulkner, George Zuckerman
Produced by Albert Zugsmith
Box Office0Revenue: $1.5M

Top Cast

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Burke Devlin

Robert Stack

Robert Stack

Roger Shumann

Dorothy Malone

Dorothy Malone

LaVerne Shumann

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

Jiggs

Robert Middleton

Robert Middleton

Matt Ord

William Schallert

William Schallert

Ted Baker

Alan Reed

Alan Reed

Colonel Fineman

Alexander Lockwood

Alexander Lockwood

Sam Hagood

Robert J. Wilke

Robert J. Wilke

Hank

Christopher Olsen

Christopher Olsen

Jack Shumann

Themes & Keywords

airplanebased on novel or booklove trianglenew orleans, louisianamardi graspilotairplane wreckgreat depressionreporterblack and whitedaredevilamusement parknewspaper reporterair racestunt flyingpilot herodeath of husbandairfieldpropeller airplaneexploding airplaneneglected wifeparachutistaerobaticsbarnstormingair show1930sparachute jumpingairplane pilotadrenaline junkiethrill seekerplane crashfriends love same womanairport endingair crashaircraft mechaniccar racingace pilotaircraft crash

About The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels is a drama film released in 1957 exploring themes of airplane, based on novel or book, love triangle, new orleans, louisiana, mardi gras, pilot. Directed by Douglas Sirk, it stars Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone. In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.

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