The Tarnished Angels (1957)

6.8/10 91 min Drama

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.

Cast

Rock Hudson

Burke Devlin

Robert Stack

Roger Shumann

Dorothy Malone

LaVerne Shumann

Jack Carson

Jiggs

Robert Middleton

Matt Ord

William Schallert

Ted Baker

Alan Reed

Colonel Fineman

Alexander Lockwood

Sam Hagood

Robert J. Wilke

Hank

Christopher Olsen

Jack Shumann

Troy Donahue

Frank Burnham

Phil Harvey

Telegraph Editor

Eugene Borden

Claude Mollet

Bill Baldwin

Pylon Air Race Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Workman on Mardi Gras Float (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Chef at Roger's Memorial Dinner (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Newspaper Office Clerk (uncredited)

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