Details

Release year: 1957

Storyline

Story of the fraught friendship between an eccentric journalist and a team of daredevil flying acrobats.

Top credits

Directors

Douglas Sirk

Writers

Cast

Rock Hudson — Burke Devlin
Robert Stack — Roger Shumann
Dorothy Malone — LaVerne Shumann
Jack Carson — Jiggs

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Did you know

• During location shooting in San Diego, Robert Stack's wife was about to have their first child. While filming the tense scene where Stack propositions his on-screen wife (played by Dorothy Malone), a plane suddenly flew right by the cameras with letters tailing four feet tall proclaiming IT'S A GIRL! Rock Hudson had arranged to have the hospital call immediately when the news came and hired a stunt pilot to tow the message behind the plane. Stack was deeply moved by Hudson's generosity, saying in his autobiography, "It's a moment I've never forgotten. Anybody who tells me that Rock Hudson isn't a first-class gent had better put up his dukes."

• William Faulkner believed this film to be the best adaptation of his own works.

• Douglas Sirk reportedly stated in an interview this was the best film he directed.