Duell in den Wolken (1957)

Duell in den Wolken: Directed by Douglas Sirk. With Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson. Story of a friendship between an eccentric journalist and a daredevil barnstorming pilot.

“Terrific Douglas Sirk melodrama from the William Faulkner novel u0026quot;Pylon.u0026quot; I have not read the Faulker book, but Iu0026#39;m guessing it was nowhere as soapy as the film, but as soapy melodramau0026#39;s go, no one does them better than Douglas Sirk. Robert Stack plays a boozy disillusioned WWI flying ace who now spends his days as a barnstorming pilot at rural carnivals with his neglected parachutist wife, Dorothy Malone, who he only married as a result of a literal roll of the dice. Rock Hudson plays a reporter doing a story on this dysfunctional traveling family of flyers that also includes Jack Carson, Troy Donahue, and William Schallert. Sirku0026#39;s perchance for over- the-top drama is probably not going to look great to modern viewers, but for fans of classic Hollywood and fans of Sirk in particular, this film is a must see!”