poster

1957

NR (11/21/1957) (US)

Drama,

1h 31m

67

User Score

The Book They Said Could Never Be Filmed!

Overview

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.

1957

67

User Score

NR (11/21/1957) (US)

Drama,

1h 31m

The Book They Said Could Never Be Filmed!

Overview

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.

Cast

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Burke Devlin

Robert Stack

Robert Stack

Roger Shumann

Dorothy Malone

Dorothy Malone

LaVerne Shumann

Alan Reed

Alan Reed

Colonel Fineman

Christopher Olsen

Christopher Olsen

Jack Shumann

Troy Donahue

Troy Donahue

Frank Burnham

Betty Utey

Betty Utey

Dancing Girl

Phil Harvey

Phil Harvey

Telegraph Editor

Steve Drexel

Steve Drexel

Young Man

Eugene Borden

Eugene Borden

Claude Mollet

Steve Ellis

Steve Ellis

Mechanic

Bill Baldwin

Bill Baldwin

Pylon Air Race Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Chet Brandenburg

Workman on Mardi Gras Float (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Jack Chefe

Chef at Roger's Memorial Dinner (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Newspaper Office Clerk (uncredited)