
Nightmare Alley (1947)
7.1|9 Oct, 1947|111 min
He was all things to all men … but only one thing to all women!
7.1|9 Oct, 1947|111 min
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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.
Keywords
based on novel or book
carnival
con artist
film noir
black and white
alcoholic
carny
mind reading act
carnies
Casts

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)

George Beranger
The Geek (uncredited)

Oliver Blake
Hobo (uncredited)
June Bolyn
Maid in Grindle House (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg
Carnival Patron (uncredited)

James Burke
Rural Marshal (uncredited)

George Chandler
Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)

Harry Cheshire
Mr. Prescott (uncredited)
Edward Clark
J.E. Giles - Farmer (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper
Stage Manager (uncredited)

George Davis
Waiter (uncredited)

Julia Dean
Addie Peabody (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing
Night Club Patron (uncredited)

James Flavin
Hoatley - First Carnival Owner (uncredited)
Nina Gilbert
Worried Mother in Spode Room (uncredited)

Henry Hall
Lilith's Friend in Spode Room (uncredited)

Robert Karnes
Joe - Bellhop (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Max Linder
Man in Spode Room (uncredited)

George Lloyd
Hobo (uncredited)

Laurette Luez
Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)

Emmett Lynn
Hobo by Stan's Right Hand (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack
Husband in Spode Room (uncredited)

George Magrill
Sideshow Spectator Wearing Straw Hat (uncredited)

Jerry Miley
Friend in Spode Room (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor
Carnival Customer (uncredited)

Jack Perry
Roustabout (uncredited)

Cyril Ring
Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited)

Gene Roth
Masseur (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell
Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited)

Cy Schindell
Roustabout (uncredited)
Norman Stevens
Man in Spode Room (uncredited)

Bert Stevens
Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Eddy Waller
Farmer Friend of J.E. Giles (uncredited)

Marjorie Wood
Mrs. Prescott / Mrs. S.P. at Spode Room (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Man in Spode Room (uncredited)
Crews

Edmund Goulding
Director

Jules Furthman
Screenplay
William Lindsay Gresham
Novel

George Jessel
Producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Cyril J. Mockridge
Music
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Barbara McLean
Editor
J. Russell Spencer
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Bonnie Cashin
Costume Design
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Designer
E. Clayton Ward
Sound Designer
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