Nightmare Alley (1947)
October 9, 1947Release Date
Nightmare Alley (1947)
October 9, 1947Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Tyrone Power
Stanton Carlisle
Joan Blondell
Zeena Krumbein
Coleen Gray
Molly
Helen Walker
Dr. Lilith Ritter
Taylor Holmes
Ezra Grindle
Mike Mazurki
Bruno
Roy Roberts
McGraw - Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)
Ian Keith
Pete Krumbein
Florence Auer
Jane
Bonnie Bannon
Knife Thrower's Assistant
George Beranger
The Geek
Edmund Goulding
Director
Oliver Blake
Hobo (uncredited)
Jules Furthman
Writer
June Bolyn
Maid in Grindle House (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
William Lindsay Gresham
Writer
James Burke
Rural Marshal (uncredited)
George Jessel
Producer
George Chandler
Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)
Cyril J. Mockridge
Composer
Harry Cheshire
Mr. Prescott (uncredited)
Lee Garmes
Cinematographer
Edward Clark
J.E. Giles - Farmer (uncredited)
Barbara McLean
Editor
Clancy Cooper
Stage Manager (uncredited)
George Davis
Waiter (uncredited)
Julia Dean
Addie Peabody (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
James Flavin
Hoatley - First Carnival Owner (uncredited)
Nina Gilbert
Worried Mother in Spode Room (uncredited)
Henry Hall
Lilith's Friend in Spode Room (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Joe - Bellhop (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Max Linder
Man in Spode Room (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Hobo (uncredited)
Laurette Luez
Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
Hobo by Stan's Right Hand (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Husband in Spode Room (uncredited)
George Magrill
Sideshow Spectator Wearing Straw Hat (uncredited)
Jerry Miley
Friend in Spode Room (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Carnival Customer (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Roustabout (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Masseur (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
Roustabout (uncredited)
Norman Stevens
Man in Spode Room (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
Farmer Friend of J.E. Giles (uncredited)
Marjorie Wood
Mrs. Prescott / Mrs. S.P. at Spode Room (uncredited)
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Designer
E. Clayton Ward
Sound Designer
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Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir directed by Edmund Goulding from a screenplay by Jules Furthman. Based on William Lindsay Gresham's 1946 novel of the same name, it stars Tyrone Power, with Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, and Helen Walker in supporting roles. Power, wishing to expand beyond the romantic and swashbuckler roles that brought him to fame, requested 20th Century Fox's studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck to buy the rights to the novel so he could star as the unsavory lead "The Great Stanton", a scheming carnival barker.
The film premiered in the United States on October 9, 1947, then went into wide release on October 28, 1947, later having six more European releases between November 1947 to May 1954.
As noted on the DVD commentary track by Alain Silver and James Ursini, Nightmare Alley was somewhat unusual among film noir in having top stars, production staff and a relatively large budget. The film was not a financial success upon its original release but has since found acclaim and is regarded as a classic.