Nightmare Alley (1947)
Original title: Nightmare Alley
“He was all things to all men… But only one thing to all women!”
1947 · 1 h 50 min
Edmund GouldingCast
Tyrone Power 
Joan Blondell 
Coleen Gray 
Helen Walker 
Taylor Holmes 
Mike Mazurki
Credits
Written by: 
Jules Furthman
Plot
A carnival roustabout schemes to learn a mentalist act's secret and rises as a fake spiritualist.
Sinekatalog’s take
Edmund Goulding's noir is dark and cynical, with Tyrone Power in a career-best role and a bleak ending.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (14,865 votes)
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