
Nightmare Alley(2021)
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.


“He was all things to all men…But only one thing to all women!”
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

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)
Nightmare Alley is a drama, thriller, crime film released in 1947 exploring themes of based on novel or book, carnival, con artist, film noir, black and white, alcoholic. Directed by Edmund Goulding, it stars Tyrone Power, Helen Walker, Coleen Gray. 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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