The Tarnished Angels (1957)

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The Book They Said Could Never Be Filmed!

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.

• Released: 1957-11-21
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 31m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 101 votes

Directed by Douglas Sirk.

Top cast

• Rock Hudson as Burke Devlin
• Robert Stack as Roger Shumann
• Dorothy Malone as LaVerne Shumann
• Jack Carson as Jiggs
• Robert Middleton as Matt Ord
• William Schallert as Ted Baker
• Alan Reed as Colonel Fineman
• Alexander Lockwood as Sam Hagood
• Robert J. Wilke as Hank
• Christopher Olsen as Jack Shumann

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Tarnished Angels

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on BINGE, Foxtel Now

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