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Nightmare Alley

Name: Nightmare Alley
Director: Edmund Goulding
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1947
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Tyrone Power, Helen Walker, Coleen Gray, Joan Blondell, Taylor Holmes

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

1947 · Directed by Edmund Goulding · 112 min · Drama · Thriller · 15 frames

Tagline

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

Crew

Screenplay: Jules Furthman
Cinematography: Lee Garmes
Edited by: Barbara McLean
Music: Cyril J. Mockridge
Produced by: George Jessel

Cast

Tyrone Power as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
Helen Walker as Lilith Ritter
Coleen Gray as Molly Carlisle
Joan Blondell as Zeena Krumbein
Taylor Holmes as Ezra Grindle
Mike Mazurki as Bruno
Ian Keith as Pete Krumbein
Roy Roberts as McGraw / Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)
Florence Auer as Jane (uncredited)
Bonnie Bannon as Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: 20th Century Fox
Themes: based on novel or book, carnival, con artist, film noir, black and white, alcoholic, carny, mind reading act, carnies

More by Edmund Goulding

Dark Victory — 1939
Grand Hotel — 1932

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