The Tarnished Angels (Pylon) (1957)

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Directed by

Douglas Sirk

Starring (View all)

Rock Hudson
Burke Devlin

Robert Stack
Roger Shumann

Dorothy Malone
LaVerne Shumann

Jack Carson
Jiggs

Robert Middleton
Matt Ord

Alan Reed
Colonel Fineman

Alexander Lockwood
Sam Hagood

Christopher Olsen
Jack Shumann

Written by

William Faulkner
(novel Pylon)

George Zuckerman
(screenplay)

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Description: Set in the 1930s Depression era during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, The Tarnished Angels covers three days in the lives of a trio of flying-circus performers, headlined by former WWI fighter-pilot hero Roger Shumann (Robert Stack) and his beautiful blonde wife, Laverne (Dorothy Malone). Romantic complications arise when newspaper reporter Burke Devlin (Rock Hudson) falls in love with Laverne while covering their daredevil aerial show. Based on the William Faulkner novel Pylon, this screen adaptation was a personal favorite of director Douglas Sirk's and is considered by many to be a masterpiece equal to his Academy Award-winning W ... (more)

Release date: 25 December 1957