Directed by:
Douglas SirkScreenplay:
George ZuckermanCinematography:
Irving GlassbergComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Robert Middleton, Troy Donahue, Bill Baldwin, William Schallert, Bess Flowers, Christopher Olsen (more)Plots(1)
One of legendary director Douglas Sirk's most cherished passion projects, this spectacular adaptation of William Faulkner's 'Pylon' has risen in stature to become one of his most acclaimed films. Reuniting with his core creative team from oil tycoon saga Written on the Wind, Sirk this time examined the marginal lives and lost souls living one rung from the bottom with surpassing delicacy and artistry. Rock Hudson stars as journalist Burke Devlin, fascinated by the sordid lives of a trio eking out a living in carnival circuit daredevil airshows - Roger Shumann (Robert Stack), former WWI fighter pilot, forced into races and parachute routines with the help of his wife LaVerne (Dorothy Malone), and faithful mechanic Jiggs (Jack Carson). Evoking Depression-era New Orleans with glorious black-and-white CinemaScope photography, Sirk's spellbinding chronicle of personal obsession, romantic longing and irreconcilable desires now appears as one of the most extraordinary films to come out of 1950s Hollywood. (Eureka Entertainment)
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Rock Hudson
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Jack Carson
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