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The Tarnished Angels (1957)

The Tarnished Angels (1957)

Drama

The Book They Said Could Never Be Filmed!

Release Date: 1957, November 21
Directors: Douglas Sirk
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures, Universal International Pictures, Universal International Pictures
Cast: Christopher Olsen, Chet Brandenburg, Troy Donahue, Bess Flowers, Bill Baldwin, Jack Lomas, Jack Carson, William Schallert, Robert Stack, Robert J. Wilke, Eugene Borden, Dorothy Malone

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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