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Nightmare Alley · Cinemalant

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Nightmare Alley (1947)

He was all things to all men…But only one thing to all women!

7.2(237)1h 51mOctober 9, 1947

Drama Thriller Crime

Edmund Goulding

Director

Jules Furthman

Writer

Rate

Diary

Overview

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

Cast

Tyrone Power

Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle

Helen Walker

Lilith Ritter

Coleen Gray

Molly Carlisle

Joan Blondell

Zeena Krumbein

Taylor Holmes

Ezra Grindle

Mike Mazurki

Bruno

Ian Keith

Pete Krumbein

Roy Roberts

McGraw / Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)

Florence Auer

Jane (uncredited)

Bonnie Bannon

Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)

George Beranger

The Geek (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Hobo (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Carnival Patron (uncredited)

James Burke

Rural Marshal (uncredited)

George Chandler

Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)

Harry Cheshire

Mr. Prescott (uncredited)

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: October 9, 1947
Production: 20th Century Fox
Country: United States of America

Keywords

based on novel or bookcarnivalcon artistfilm noirblack and whitealcoholiccarnymind reading actcarnies

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