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Nightmare Alley(1947)
Status: Released
Date: 1947-10-09
71%
217 Votes
Time: 1h 51m
He was all things to all men … but only one thing to all women!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Nightmare Alley
Top 10 Billed Cast
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)
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