Fresh
A strange and rather sick movie made by highly talented people.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Nightmare Alley
He was all things to all men… But only one thing to all women!
1947 · 1h 52m · Approved
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Edmund Goulding
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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.
Director and cast
- Edmund Goulding Director
- 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)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Neither a great movie nor even a classic noir but it has a great ambition to be daring and, once seen, is not easily forgotten.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
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