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One of legendary director Douglas Sirk's most cherished passion projects, this spectacular adaptation of William Faulkner's Pylon has risen in stature to become one of his most acclaimed films. Reuniting with his core creative team from oil tycoon saga Written on the Wind, Sirk this time examined the marginal lives and lost souls living one rung from the bottom with surpassing delicacy and artistry.
Rock Hudson stars as journalist Burke Devlin, fascinated by the sordid lives of a trio eking out a living in carnival circuit daredevil airshows - Roger Shumann (Robert Stack), former WWI fighter pilot, forced into races and parachute routines with the help of his wife LaVerne (Dorothy Malone), and faithful mechanic Jiggs (Jack Carson).
Evoking Depression-era New Orleans with glorious black-and-white CinemaScope photography, Sirk's spellbinding chronicle of personal obsession, romantic longing and irreconcilable desires now appears as one of the most extraordinary films to come out of 1950s Hollywood. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present The Tarnished Angels on Blu-ray for the first time.
Original Release
11/21/1957
US Release
12/25/1957
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Robert J. Wilke | Hank |
Troy Donahue | Frank Burnham |
Directors
Writers
William Faulkner, George Zuckerman
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Robert J. Wilke | Hank |
Troy Donahue | Frank Burnham |
William Schallert | Ted Baker |
Betty Utey | Dancing Girl |
Phil Harvey | Telegraph Editor |
Steve Drexel | Young Man |
Eugene Borden | Claude Mollet |
Steve Ellis | Mechanic |
Bill Baldwin | Pylon Air Race Announcer |
Chet Brandenburg | Workman on Mardi Gras Float |
Jack Chefe | Chef at Roger's Memorial Dinner |
Bess Flowers | Newspaper Office Clerk |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Albert Zugsmith | Producer |