Nightmare Alley
1947 · TMDB 7.2
Directed by Edmund Goulding
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
Why it matters
Edmund Goulding's noir follows a carnival barker who learns the art of mentalism and uses it to con the wealthy, only to find himself trapped in his own game of deception.
From The Hypnotic Gaze
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Released
- 1947-10-09
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.2
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