The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels

91 mins | Drama | Nov. 21, 1957

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 Tarnished Angels

91 mins | Drama | Nov. 21, 1957

The Tarnished Angels
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Universal International Pictures
Original title The Tarnished Angels
Directors Douglas Sirk
Writers George Zuckerman, William Faulkner

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

Troy Donahue

as Frank Burnham

Betty Utey

as Dancing Girl

Bess Flowers

as Newspaper Office Clerk (uncredited)