Movie
Nightmare Alley
Overview
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
Details
- Release date
- 1947-10-09
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tyrone Power as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
- Helen Walker as Lilith Ritter
- Coleen Gray as Molly Carlisle
- Joan Blondell as Zeena Krumbein
- Taylor Holmes as Ezra Grindle
- Mike Mazurki as Bruno
- Ian Keith as Pete Krumbein
- Roy Roberts as McGraw / Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)
- Florence Auer as Jane (uncredited)
- Bonnie Bannon as Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)
- George Beranger as The Geek (uncredited)
- Oliver Blake as Hobo (uncredited)
Crew
- Edmund Goulding - Director
- Jules Furthman - Screenplay
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