Nightmare Alley

About Nightmare Alley

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

Nightmare Alley is a 1947 thriller film directed by Edmund Goulding. Its themes are film noir, alcoholic, carnival, and con artist.

Tyrone Power appears as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle, Helen Walker as Lilith Ritter, Coleen Gray as Molly Carlisle, and Joan Blondell as Zeena Krumbein. Released in October 1947, it runs 112 minutes.

The screenplay is by Jules Furthman. It is adapted from a novel. It streams on YouTube TV in the United States.

Nightmare Alley, The Lost Weekend, and Rebecca make useful companions to Nightmare Alley, all filed under carny. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 245 votes and it carries a NR rating.