The Tarnished Angels
“The Book They Said Could Never Be Filmed!”
1957•NR•1h 31m•6.8•Released
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.
Director
Douglas Sirk
Writer
George Zuckerman
Revenue
$2M
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Rock Hudson
Burke Devlin
Robert Stack
Roger Shumann
Dorothy Malone
LaVerne Shumann
Jack Carson
Jiggs
Robert Middleton
Matt Ord
William Schallert
Ted Baker
Alan Reed
Colonel Fineman
Alexander Lockwood
Sam Hagood
Robert J. Wilke
Hank
Christopher Olsen
Jack Shumann
Troy Donahue
Frank Burnham
Betty Utey
Dancing Girl
Phil Harvey
Telegraph Editor
Steve Drexel
Young Man
Eugene Borden
Claude Mollet
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Company
Universal International Pictures
Producer
Albert Zugsmith
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