
Nightmare Alley(1947)
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.


“It all started with a young girl’s scream …”
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”

Michael Redgrave
David Graham

Ann Todd
Honor Stanford

Leo McKern
Robert Stanford

Paul Daneman
Brian Stanford

Peter Cushing
Jeremy Clayton

Alec McCowen
Alec Graham

Renée Houston
Mrs. Harker

Lois Maxwell
Vickie Harker

Richard Wordsworth
Maxwell - the MP

George Devine
Barnes - the Editor
Time Without Pity is a crime, thriller, mystery, drama film released in 1957 exploring themes of alcoholic. Directed by Joseph Losey, it stars Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern. Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
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