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The Tarnished Angels

The Book They Said Could Never Be Filmed!

1957★ 6.8 · 991h 31mDrama

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.

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Trailer · THE TARNISHED ANGELS Original Theatrical Trailer (Masters of Cinema)

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Cast

William Schallert
as Ted Baker

Rock Hudson
as Burke Devlin

Troy Donahue
as Frank Burnham

Robert Stack
as Roger Shumann

Robert J. Wilke
as Hank

Bess Flowers
as Newspaper Office Clerk (uncredited)

Dorothy Malone
as LaVerne Shumann

Alan Reed
as Colonel Fineman

Robert Middleton
as Matt Ord

Jack Carson
as Jiggs

Chet Brandenburg
as Workman on Mardi Gras Float (uncredited)

Bill Baldwin
as Pylon Air Race Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

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Release date: 1957-11-21

Revenue: $1,500,000

Runtime: 1h 31m

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Drama

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