The Tarnished Angels (1958) ( Pylon )

The Tarnished Angels (1958) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: Pylon
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1958 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Douglas Sirk

Written By:
William Faulkner
George Zuckerman

Actors:
Rock Hudson ..... Burke Devlin
Robert Stack ..... Roger Shumann
Dorothy Malone ..... LaVerne Shumann
Jack Carson ..... Jiggs
Robert Middleton ..... Matt Ord
Alan Reed ..... Colonel T. J. Fineman
Alexander Lockwood ..... Sam Hagood
Christopher Olsen ..... Jack Shumann (as Chris Olsen)
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

Synopsis:

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.

In the 1930's, a First World War flying ace named Roger Schumann is reduced to making appearances on the crash-and-burn circuit of stunt aerobatics. His family are forced to live like dogs while Shumann pursues his only true love, the airplane. When Burke Devlin, a reporter, shows up on the scene to do a 'whatever happened to' story on Shumann, he is repulsed by the war hero's diminished circumstances and, conversely, drawn to his stunning wife, LaVerne.

1932. A journalist becomes involved in the life of ex-Great War flying ace, who is so plane-crazy he even makes use of his wife to get what he wants. But just before he crashes he realises he really loves her and the journalist finally persuades her to make a new start.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 01 October, 2013.

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