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About
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.
Theatrical
Jan 11, 1958
Box Office
$1.5M
Director
Producer
Music
Studio
Universal Pictures, Universal International Pictures
Keywords
love triangle
based on novel or book
new orleans, louisiana
pilot
airplane
mardi gras
great depression
airplane wreck
reporter
black and white
daredevil
amusement park
newspaper reporter
air race
stunt flying
pilot hero
death of husband
airfield
propeller airplane
exploding airplane
neglected wife
parachutist
aerobatics
barnstorming
air show
1930s
parachute jumping
airplane pilot
adrenaline junkie
thrill seeker
plane crash
friends love same woman
airport ending
air crash
aircraft mechanic
car racing
ace pilot
aircraft crash
Cast
Full credits →R
Rock Hudson
Burke Devlin
R
Robert Stack
Roger Shumann
D
Dorothy Malone
LaVerne Shumann
J
Jack Carson
Jiggs
R
Robert Middleton
Matt Ord
W
William Schallert
Ted Baker
A
Alan Reed
Colonel Fineman
A
Alexander Lockwood
Sam Hagood
R
Robert J. Wilke
Hank
C
Christopher Olsen
Jack Shumann
T
Troy Donahue
Frank Burnham
P
Phil Harvey
Telegraph Editor
S
Steve Drexel
Young Man
E
Eugene Borden
Claude Mollet
B
Bill Baldwin
Pylon Air Race Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
C
Chet Brandenburg
Workman on Mardi Gras Float (uncredited)
J
Jack Chefe
Chef at Roger's Memorial Dinner (uncredited)
B
Bess Flowers
Newspaper Office Clerk (uncredited)
J
Jack Lomas
Frantic Man at Flying Show (uncredited)
