The Tarnished Angels

Nov 21, 1957

1h 31m

★ 6.7

The Book They Said Could Never Be Filmed!

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Universal International Pictures

The Tarnished Angels Trailers

Cast

Burke Devlin

Rock Hudson

Roger Shumann

Robert Stack

LaVerne Shumann

Dorothy Malone

Jiggs

Jack Carson

Matt Ord

Robert Middleton

Ted Baker

William Schallert

Colonel Fineman

Alan Reed

Sam Hagood

Alexander Lockwood

Hank

Robert J. Wilke

Jack Shumann

Christopher Olsen

Frank Burnham

Troy Donahue

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