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The Book They Said Could Never Be Filmed! - The Tarnished Angels
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Title: The Tarnished Angels

Release Date: 21 Nov 1957

Runtime: 1h 31m

Genre: Drama

Director: Universal Pictures, Universal International Pictures

Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Universal International Pictures

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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Average Vote: 6.654 (91 votes)

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
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