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Nightmare Alley

Movie
1947
1h 51m
NR
English
Drama, Thriller, Crime
User Score: 
7.6
Critic Score: 
81
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Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
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Nightmare Alley

NR
Movie
1947
1h 51m
English
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
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7.6
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CRITIC SCORE
81

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Cast

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Tyrone Power
Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
Helen Walker
Lilith Ritter
Coleen Gray
Molly Carlisle
Joan Blondell
Zeena Krumbein
Taylor Holmes
Ezra Grindle
Mike Mazurki
Ian Keith
Pete Krumbein
Roy Roberts
McGraw - Final Carnival Owner (uncr...
Florence Auer
Jane (uncredited)
Bonnie Bannon
Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredit...
George Beranger
The Geek (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Hobo (uncredited)
June Bolyn
Maid in Grindle House (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
James Burke
Rural Marshal (uncredited)
George Chandler
Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredite...
Harry Cheshire
Mr. Prescott (uncredited)
Edward Clark
J.E. Giles - Farmer (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Stage Manager (uncredited)
George Davis
Waiter (uncredited)
Julia Dean
Addie Peabody (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
James Flavin
Hoatley - First Carnival Owner (unc...
Nina Gilbert
Worried Mother in Spode Room (uncre...
Henry Hall
Lilith's Friend in Spode Room (uncr...
Directed By: Edmund Goulding
Written By: Jules Furthman (Screenplay), William Lindsay Gresham (Novel)

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miguelreina says...
3 years ago
[Filmin] Tyrone Power's attempt to get more dramatic characters led him to produce films like this one, with an amoral character whose rise and fall (much harder than death) is told in a fatalistic story, which tells of life predestined, and that moves in a difficult balance between melodrama and noir. And it makes the fate of the protagonist disturbing, despite his immorality.
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juliosoft says...
3 years ago
Well done, well interpreted, we liked it
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The_Argentinian says...
3 years ago
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I liked how it all went back in a circle.
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csrz says...
3 years ago
The new one is finally playing near me this week and I'm super excited! I figured I should watch the original first and lucky me it's on TCM. This is a bleak rise-and-fall tale of a manipulative con man set in the seedy showbiz world of carnivals. It's complex and compelling, even when the film delves into melodrama, with a load of surprises throughout. There's a fair amount of supernatural overtones that make it incredibly unique. What really sells is the unforgettable performance from leading man Tyrone Power that truly bring everything to life. Blondell and Grey are also fantastic in the supporting roles. Hoping the Del Toro adaptation is as good as this.
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Steve
6 years ago
from NoiroftheWeek.com

This week I've been thinking about Nightmare Alley. It's a 1947 noir starring Tyrone Power

Time has been good to this one. The indispensable 70s movie book King of the B's: Working Within the Hollywood System has a fascinating piece on the film in an article written in More
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Tyrone Power is at his most alluring in this compelling story of "Stanton Carlisle". He starts out working as a general factotum with a travelling show where he meets "Zeena" (Joan Blondell). She is part of the mind-reading act with "Bruno" (Mike Mazurki) - a man who hits the bottle just once too of More
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