The Tarnished Angels (1957)
Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone are reunited under the direction of Douglas Sirk again in the bleak The Tarnished Angels, an adaptation of a William Faulkner novel. Anyone who can cipher through William Faulkner earns my respect, but I must admit I fell asleep during Rock Hudson’s final, dragging monologue.
In this one, instead of playing brother and sister, Stack and Malone play husband and wife. During the Great Depression, they make a living by performing aviation tricks at carnivals. Their marriage isn’t a happy one since he’s selfish and cruel, and when newspaper reporter Rock Hudson starts interviewing Dorothy for a story, he ends up learning far more than he expected. Jack Carson gets to sink his teeth in a great part, as Robert’s mechanical assistant and devoted pal. He’s also been in love with Dorothy since before she married the wrong man, and there are rumors floating around that he’s the father of her child. He has to juggle his love, loyalty, friendship, and disgust, and he has some great expressions.
If you like bleak dramas and the cast of Written on the Wind, you can check this movie out. It’s not very uplifting, but that’s to be expected given the setting and the original author. You’ll get to see a great Jack Carson performance, and while Robert Stack plays a terrible jerk, he is very nice to look at while strutting around in his white tank top.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. During some of the airplane sequences, the camera swirls around and that will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
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In this one, instead of playing brother and sister, Stack and Malone play husband and wife. During the Great Depression, they make a living by performing aviation tricks at carnivals. Their marriage isn’t a happy one since he’s selfish and cruel, and when newspaper reporter Rock Hudson starts interviewing Dorothy for a story, he ends up learning far more than he expected. Jack Carson gets to sink his teeth in a great part, as Robert’s mechanical assistant and devoted pal. He’s also been in love with Dorothy since before she married the wrong man, and there are rumors floating around that he’s the father of her child. He has to juggle his love, loyalty, friendship, and disgust, and he has some great expressions.
If you like bleak dramas and the cast of Written on the Wind, you can check this movie out. It’s not very uplifting, but that’s to be expected given the setting and the original author. You’ll get to see a great Jack Carson performance, and while Robert Stack plays a terrible jerk, he is very nice to look at while strutting around in his white tank top.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. During some of the airplane sequences, the camera swirls around and that will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose" for posting!
More Rock Hudson movies here!