The Tarnished Angels (1957)

Directed by Douglas Sirk · Cinematography by Irving Glassberg

Approved91 min62 frames

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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