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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Robert Middleton, William Schallert
Crew: William Faulkner (Novel), George Zuckerman (Writer), Douglas Sirk (Director), Bud Westmore (Makeup Designer), Russell F. Schoengarth (Editor), Alfred Sweeney (Art Direction)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Universal Pictures, Universal International Pictures
Runtime: 91 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 21, 1957
IMDb: 4.381
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