Nightmare Alley.
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Against a background of sordidness and tragedy, the film depicts the career of a carnival barker who cheats everyone he meets, pretends to be a spiritualist in order to exploit the wealthy, and sinks to the lowest depths as a carnival freak.
The movie follows the rise and fall of a con man, a story that begins and ends at a seedy traveling carnival. Stanton "Stan" Carlisle is fascinated by everything there, including a grotesque geek, who prompts an observation from Stanton that he "can't understand how anybody could get so low" Stanton learns that many people want to buy the code from Zeena for a lot of money but she refuses to sell it as a nest egg.
The movie follows the rise and fall of a con man, a story that begins and ends at a seedy traveling carnival. Stanton "Stan" Carlisle is fascinated by everything there, including a grotesque geek, who prompts an observation from Stanton that he "can't understand how anybody could get so low" Stanton learns that many people want to buy the code from Zeena for a lot of money but she refuses to sell it as a nest egg.
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NIGHTMARE ALLEY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 121 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham. Summary: Against a background of sordidness and tragedy, the film depicts the career of a carnival barker who cheats everyone he meets, pretends to be a spiritualist in order to exploit the wealthy, and sinks to the lowest depths as a carnival freak. Credits: Producer, George Jessel; director, Edmund Goulding; screenplay, Jules Furthman; music director, Cyril J. Mockridge. Cast: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 18Oct47; LP1399.
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