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The Tarnished Angels

Name: The Tarnished Angels
Director: Douglas Sirk
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957-11-21
Cast: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Robert Middleton

Drama

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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Cast

Rock HudsonRobert StackDorothy MaloneJack CarsonRobert MiddletonWilliam SchallertAlan ReedAlexander LockwoodRobert J. WilkeChristopher OlsenTroy DonahueBetty Utey

Director

Douglas Sirk

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