The Tarnished Angels

"The Book They Said Could Never Be Filmed!"

Dec 31 1957 Approved 1h 31m
Action, Adventure, Drama

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.

Plot

In the 1930's, a First World War flying ace named Roger Schumann is reduced to making appearances on the crash-and-burn circuit of stunt aerobatics. His family are forced to live like dogs while Shumann pursues his only true love, the airplane. When Burke Devlin, a reporter, shows up on the scene to do a "whatever happened to" story on Shumann, he is repulsed by the war hero's diminished circumstances and, conversely, drawn to his stunning wife, LaVerne.

Written by

William Faulkner, George Zuckerman

Directed by

Douglas Sirk

Cast

Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination

Trailers
THE TARNISHED ANGELS Original Theatrical Trailer (Masters of Cinema)
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