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Nightmare Alley( 1947)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tyrone Power

      Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle

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      Helen Walker

      Lilith Ritter

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      Coleen Gray

      Molly Carlisle

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      Joan Blondell

      Zeena Krumbein

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      Taylor Holmes

      Ezra Grindle

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      Mike Mazurki

      Bruno

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      Ian Keith

      Pete Krumbein

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      Roy Roberts

      McGraw - Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)

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      Florence Auer

      Jane (uncredited)

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      Bonnie Bannon

      Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)

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      George Beranger

      The Geek (uncredited)

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      Oliver Blake

      Hobo (uncredited)

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      June Bolyn

      Maid in Grindle House (uncredited)

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      Chet Brandenburg

      Carnival Patron (uncredited)

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      James Burke

      Rural Marshal (uncredited)

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      George Chandler

      Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)

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      Harry Cheshire

      Mr. Prescott (uncredited)

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      Edward Clark

      J.E. Giles - Farmer (uncredited)

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      Clancy Cooper

      Stage Manager (uncredited)

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      George Davis

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Julia Dean

      Addie Peabody (uncredited)

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      Sayre Dearing

      Night Club Patron (uncredited)

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      James Flavin

      Hoatley - First Carnival Owner (uncredited)

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      Nina Gilbert

      Worried Mother in Spode Room (uncredited)

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      Henry Hall

      Lilith's Friend in Spode Room (uncredited)

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      Robert Karnes

      Joe - Bellhop (uncredited)

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      Kenner G. Kemp

      Night Club Patron (uncredited)

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      Max Linder

      Man in Spode Room (uncredited)

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      George Lloyd

      Hobo (uncredited)

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      Laurette Luez

      Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)

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      Emmett Lynn

      Hobo by Stan's Right Hand (uncredited)

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      Wilbur Mack

      Husband in Spode Room (uncredited)

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      George Magrill

      Sideshow Spectator Wearing Straw Hat (uncredited)

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      Jerry Miley

      Friend in Spode Room (uncredited)

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      Frank O'Connor

      Carnival Customer (uncredited)

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      Jack Perry

      Roustabout (uncredited)

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      Cyril Ring

      Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited)

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      Gene Roth

      Masseur (uncredited)

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      Frank J. Scannell

      Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited)

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      Cy Schindell

      Roustabout (uncredited)

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      Norman Stevens

      Man in Spode Room (uncredited)

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      Bert Stevens

      Night Club Patron (uncredited)

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      Eddy Waller

      Farmer Friend of J.E. Giles (uncredited)

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      Marjorie Wood

      Mrs. Prescott / Mrs. S.P. at Spode Room (uncredited)

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      Rudy Germane

      Man in Spode Room (uncredited)

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    A review by Steve

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    Written by Steve on Thu Mar 01 2018
    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 1974 by Clive T. Miller. He writes: "Nightmare Alley (1947) is the quintessential B movie spoiled by an A production. If the studio, Twentieth Century-Fox, had left well enough alone, Nightmare Alley would have be hard and nasty. Or if they had turned it into a full-fledged A project, it would ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

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