Nightmare Alley

He was all things to all men … but only one thing to all women!

Plot Summary

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.

7.1 /10

1947

US

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based on novel or book

carnival

con artist

film noir

black and white

alcoholic

carny

mind reading act

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