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The Tarnished Angels

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1957-11-21

Runtime: 91 mins

Director: Douglas Sirk

Writer: George Zuckerman

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama

Original title: The Tarnished Angels

Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Universal International Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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