Drama
Theatrical January 11, 1958
The Tarnished Angels poster

The Tarnished Angels (1958)

The Tarnished Angels is a book-based movie adapted from "Pylon" by William Faulkner. This Drama film is a direct adaptation, and its release date is January 11, 1958.

The Source Material

Pylon

by William Faulkner

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Overview

One of the few of William Faulkner’s works to be set outside his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Pylon, first published in 1935, takes place at an air show in a thinly disguised New Orleans named New Valois. An unnamed reporter for a local newspaper tries to u…

About The Movie

Description

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.

Details

Title
The Tarnished Angels
Original Title
The Tarnished Angels
Original Language
EN
Genres
Drama
US Theatrical
January 11, 1958 · Rated NR