

Nightmare Alley
He was all things to all men… But only one thing to all women!
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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- 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 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
2- S8/10
Steve
3/1/2018
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…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/7/2022
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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