Nightmare Alley

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.

Genre : DramaThrillerCrime

Runtime : 111 mins

Release Date : 1947-10-09

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from NoiroftheWeek.com This week I've been thinking about Nightmare Alley. It's a 1947 noir starring Tyrone Power Time has been good to this one. The indispensable 70s movie book King of the B's: Working Within the Hollywood System has a fascinating piece on the film in an article written in...

Tyrone Power is at his most alluring in this compelling story of "Stanton Carlisle". He starts out working as a general factotum with a travelling show where he meets "Zeena" (Joan Blondell). She is part of the mind-reading act with "Bruno" (Mike Mazurki) - a man who hits the bottle just once too o...

Cast

Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power

(Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle)

Helen Walker

Helen Walker

(Lilith Ritter)

Coleen Gray

Coleen Gray

(Molly Carlisle)

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

(Zeena Krumbein)

Taylor Holmes

Taylor Holmes

(Ezra Grindle)

Mike Mazurki

Mike Mazurki

(Bruno)

Ian Keith

Ian Keith

(Pete Krumbein)

Roy Roberts

Roy Roberts

(McGraw - Final Carnival Owner (uncredited))

Florence Auer

Florence Auer

(Jane (uncredited))

Bonnie Bannon

Bonnie Bannon

(Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited))

George Beranger

George Beranger

(The Geek (uncredited))

Oliver Blake

Oliver Blake

(Hobo (uncredited))

June Bolyn

(Maid in Grindle House (uncredited))

Chet Brandenburg

Chet Brandenburg

(Carnival Patron (uncredited))

James Burke

James Burke

(Rural Marshal (uncredited))

George Chandler

George Chandler

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

Harry Cheshire

Harry Cheshire

(Mr. Prescott (uncredited))

Edward Clark

(J.E. Giles - Farmer (uncredited))

Clancy Cooper

Clancy Cooper

(Stage Manager (uncredited))

George Davis

George Davis

(Waiter (uncredited))

Julia Dean

Julia Dean

(Addie Peabody (uncredited))

Sayre Dearing

Sayre Dearing

(Night Club Patron (uncredited))

James Flavin

James Flavin

(Hoatley - First Carnival Owner (uncredited))

Nina Gilbert

(Worried Mother in Spode Room (uncredited))

Henry Hall

Henry Hall

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

Robert Karnes

Robert Karnes

(Joe - Bellhop (uncredited))

Kenner G. Kemp

Kenner G. Kemp

(Night Club Patron (uncredited))

Max Linder

(Man in Spode Room (uncredited))

George Lloyd

George Lloyd

(Hobo (uncredited))

Laurette Luez

Laurette Luez

(Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited))

Emmett Lynn

Emmett Lynn

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

Wilbur Mack

Wilbur Mack

(Husband in Spode Room (uncredited))

George Magrill

George Magrill

(Sideshow Spectator Wearing Straw Hat (uncredited))

Jerry Miley

Jerry Miley

(Friend in Spode Room (uncredited))

Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor

(Carnival Customer (uncredited))

Jack Perry

Jack Perry

(Roustabout (uncredited))

Cyril Ring

Cyril Ring

(Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited))

Gene Roth

Gene Roth

(Masseur (uncredited))

Frank J. Scannell

Frank J. Scannell

(Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited))

Cy Schindell

Cy Schindell

(Roustabout (uncredited))

Norman Stevens

(Man in Spode Room (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

Bert Stevens

(Night Club Patron (uncredited))

Eddy Waller

Eddy Waller

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

Marjorie Wood

Marjorie Wood

(Mrs. Prescott / Mrs. S.P. at Spode Room (uncredited))

Rudy Germane

(Man in Spode Room (uncredited))

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