Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley (1947)

PG
01/08/1948 (GB)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
1h 51m

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

Overview

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.

  • Edmund GouldingDirector
  • Jules FurthmanScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • carnival
  • con artist
  • film noir
  • black and white
  • alcoholic
  • carny
  • mind reading act
  • carnies

Top Billed Cast

Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power

Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle

Helen Walker

Helen Walker

Lilith Ritter

Coleen Gray

Coleen Gray

Molly Carlisle

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Zeena Krumbein

Taylor Holmes

Taylor Holmes

Ezra Grindle

Mike Mazurki

Mike Mazurki

Bruno

Ian Keith

Ian Keith

Pete Krumbein

Roy Roberts

Roy Roberts

McGraw - Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)

Florence Auer

Florence Auer

Jane (uncredited)

Bonnie Bannon

Bonnie Bannon

Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)

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