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Nightmare Alley

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Nightmare Alley
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1hr 51min
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1947
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20th Century Fox
Synopsis: Nightmare Alley is the sordid tale of a conniving young man who, in the words of one of the film's supporting characters, ends up low because he aimed so high. Drifter Tyrone Power sweet-talks his way into a job as barker for a rundown carnival. He is fascinated by an illegal side-show attraction called "The Geek," a near-lunatic who bites the heads off live chickens and then is "paid off" with a cheap bottle of rotgut and a warm place to sleep it off. Otherwise, Power's attention is focussed on ... Full Synopsis
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Aiming to prove his acting ability and stretch his image, leading man Tyrone Power pushed to star as a tragically ambitious spiritualist/con man in Edmund Goulding's film noir melodrama Nightmare Alley (1947). In Jules Furthman's adaptation of a William Lindsay Gresham novel, Power's conniving Stan rises from carny barker to renowned "psychic" only to be done in by a woman and his own guilt. Though ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Stanton Carlisle
Dr. Lilith Ritter
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