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The Tarnished Angels (VHS, 1996)
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Leading Role: Dorothy Malone,Robert Stack,Rock Hudson
Director: Douglas Sirk
Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: May 1996
Format: VHS
UPC: 096898132534
Product ID: EPID3248775
Description: In THE TARNISHED ANGELS, based on William Faulkner's novel PYLON, Rock Hudson plays Burke Devlin, a lowly journalist in New Orleans who is chronicling a stunt-flying exhibition. Although the star of the show is World War I daredevil Roge...
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Better Than 'Written On The Wind'Review created: 01/07/08
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The trio that did WOTW are back: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone. This time, they are joined by Jack Carson, one of the best comic/dramatic actors around in the 50s.
Without chewing the scenery as he did in WOTW, Stack gives a fine performance as a tormented war hero flying ace forced to do the air carnival circuit. Married to Malone this time around, she is his hook, the attraction that brings in the customers to watch the planes. Carson is their mechanic.
Hudson is the surprise of this film! His subtle performance and his drunken city room scene are the high points of this film. He had originally played it as the book had it - a drunk! The studio beieved his fans would not accept him like that, so he played it sober except for the one scene, where he gave a lesson in acting to all future screen actors ... He was that good!
It is an amazing film in that it was controversial for its day, in topic and presentation. Douglas Sirk directed. An entertaining couple of hours from start to finish.
Without chewing the scenery as he did in WOTW, Stack gives a fine performance as a tormented war hero flying ace forced to do the air carnival circuit. Married to Malone this time around, she is his hook, the attraction that brings in the customers to watch the planes. Carson is their mechanic.
Hudson is the surprise of this film! His subtle performance and his drunken city room scene are the high points of this film. He had originally played it as the book had it - a drunk! The studio beieved his fans would not accept him like that, so he played it sober except for the one scene, where he gave a lesson in acting to all future screen actors ... He was that good!
It is an amazing film in that it was controversial for its day, in topic and presentation. Douglas Sirk directed. An entertaining couple of hours from start to finish.
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Thank you for voting. If your vote meets our Tarnished AngelsI bought this movie because I have autographed pictures from the top five characters acquired by my sister in 1958 when I was about 13 years old. I was pleasantly surprised that the film had a meaningful message today, and the old-fashioned value of shame of promiscuity, and of bringing a partly unwanted child into the world was discussed at one point. Four men fall in love (or lust)with one woman, but her heart belongs to her husband even though he doesn't deserve it. Tragedy makes everyone examine their values once again. Based on the William Faulkner novel "PILON" about a WWI pilot who travels around from one dangerous air show and race to another. Robert Stack plays the flyer and Rock Hudson a principled newsman. Dorothy Malone plays the beautiful woman, of course!
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