The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDouglas Sirk
Screenplay byGeorge Zuckerman
Based onthe novel Pylon
by William Faulkner
Produced byAlbert Zugsmith
StarringRock Hudson
Robert Stack
Dorothy Malone
Jack Carson
CinematographyIrving Glassberg
Edited byRussell F. Schoengarth
Music byFrank Skinner
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal-International
Release dates
  • November 21, 1957 (1957-11-21) (London)
  • December 25, 1957 (1957-12-25) (Charlotte, North Carolina)
[1][2][3]
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.5 million[4]

The Tarnished Angels is a 1957 black-and-white American CinemaScope drama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, and Robert Middleton.[5][6] The screenplay by George Zuckerman is based on the 1935 novel Pylon by William Faulkner.

  1. ^ IMDb entry
  2. ^ Motion Picture Daily
  3. ^ British Newspaper Archive
  4. ^ "Top Grossers of 1958". Variety. 7 January 1959. p. 48. Please note figures are for US and Canada only and are domestic rentals accruing to distributors as opposed to theatre gross
  5. ^ Variety film review; November 20, 1957, page 6.
  6. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; November 16, 1957, page 184.