Nightmare Alley (1947)

  • NR
  • 10/09/1947 (US)
  • 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.

Jules Furthman

Screenplay

William Lindsay Gresham

Novel

Edmund Goulding

Director

Cast

Tyrone Power's headshot

Tyrone Power

Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
Helen Walker's headshot

Helen Walker

Lilith Ritter
Coleen Gray's headshot

Coleen Gray

Molly Carlisle
Joan Blondell's headshot

Joan Blondell

Zeena Krumbein
Taylor Holmes's headshot

Taylor Holmes

Ezra Grindle
Mike Mazurki's headshot

Mike Mazurki

Bruno
Ian Keith's headshot

Ian Keith

Pete Krumbein
Roy Roberts's headshot

Roy Roberts

McGraw - Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)

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