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Nightmare Alley

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

7.2(245)19471h 52m3

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

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Released
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Box office
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Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • carnival
  • con artist
  • film noir
  • black and white
  • alcoholic
  • carny
  • mind reading act
  • carnies

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York9 Oct 1947
    • Theatrical28 Oct 1947
    • PhysicalNRFox Film Noir #06 DVD7 Jun 2005
    • PhysicalNRFox Cinema Archives DVD21 Feb 2017
    • PhysicalNRCriterion Collection Blu-ray / DVD25 May 2021
    • Digital / OTTNRApple TV store19 Dec 2025
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG1 Aug 1948
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1616 Aug 1948
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1619 Feb 1954
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG1 Aug 1948
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical30 Dec 1948
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PhysicalDVD30 Sept 2016
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical18 Jul 1949

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Nightmare Alley was released on 9 October 1947.

Audience reviews

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  • S

    Steve

    3/1/2018

    8/10

    from NoiroftheWeek.com This week I've been thinking about Nightmare Alley. It's a 1947 noir starring Tyrone Power Time has been good to this one. The indispensable 70s movie book King of the B's: Working Within the Hollywood System has a fascinating piece on the film in an article written in 1974 by Clive T. Miller. He writes: "Nightmare Alley (1947) is the quintessential B movie spoiled by an A producti…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/7/2022

    7/10

    Tyrone Power is at his most alluring in this compelling story of "Stanton Carlisle". He starts out working as a general factotum with a travelling show where he meets "Zeena" (Joan Blondell). She is part of the mind-reading act with "Bruno" (Mike Mazurki) - a man who hits the bottle just once too often. She begins to teach him the tricks of their trade and soon they are the toast of society - fleecing the green and t…

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