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Film / 1957
The Tarnished Angels
Directed by
Douglas Sirk
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Rock HudsonBurke Devlin
Robert StackRoger Shumann
Dorothy MaloneLaVerne Shumann
Jack CarsonJiggs
Robert MiddletonMatt Ord
William SchallertTed Baker
Alan ReedColonel Fineman
Alexander LockwoodSam Hagood
Robert J. WilkeHank
Christopher OlsenJack Shumann
Troy DonahueFrank Burnham
Betty UteyDancing Girl
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Phil HarveyTelegraph Editor
Steve DrexelYoung Man
Eugene BordenClaude Mollet
Steve EllisMechanic
Bill BaldwinPylon Air Race Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Chet BrandenburgWorkman on Mardi Gras Float (uncredited)
Jack ChefeChef at Roger's Memorial Dinner (uncredited)
Bess FlowersNewspaper Office Clerk (uncredited)
Jack LomasFrantic Man at Flying Show (uncredited)
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