Nightmare Alley

Movie

1947

1h 51m

English

Drama, Thriller, Crime

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7.6

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Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.

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Nightmare Alley

Movie

1947

1h 51m

English

Drama, Thriller, Crime

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Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.

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Tyrone Power

Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle

Lilith Ritter

Molly Carlisle

Zeena Krumbein

Ezra Grindle

Bruno

Pete Krumbein

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...

2 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...

2 years ago

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csrz says...

2 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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