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The Tarnished Angels

1957 · 1h 31m · Drama · United States of America · Rated 16 (DE)

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.

Directed by
Douglas Sirk
Written by
George Zuckerman
Based on the novel by
William Faulkner
Starring
Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson
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Rating16 (DE)

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