Nightmare Alley.

Duration: 121 min

Year Published: 1947

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: 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.

Complete Record: 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.