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Nightmare Alley

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

1947 · NR · 1h 52m

Directed by Edmund Goulding

7.2

TMDB audience score
251 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

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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)

  • 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 (uncredited)

  • Harry Cheshire
    Mr. Prescott (uncredited)

  • Edward Clark
    J.E. Giles / Farmer (uncredited)