The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
101 audience votes
Key crew
- George ZuckermanWriter
- Douglas SirkDirector
- Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rock HudsonBurke Devlin
- Robert StackRoger Shumann
- Dorothy MaloneLaVerne Shumann
- Jack CarsonJiggs
- Robert MiddletonMatt Ord
- William SchallertTed Baker
- Alan ReedColonel Fineman
- Alexander LockwoodSam Hagood
- Robert J. WilkeHank
- Christopher OlsenJack Shumann
- Troy DonahueFrank Burnham
- Betty UteyDancing Girl
Stills
Themes
airplanebased on novel or booklove trianglenew orleans, louisianamardi graspilotairplane wreckgreat depressionreporterblack and whitedaredevilamusement park