Nightmare alley

Nightmare alley [motion picture] / Twentieth Century-Fox ; producer, George Jessel ; director, Edmund Goulding ; author, William Lindsay Gresham ; screenplay, Jules Furthman.

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Stanton Carlisle, a small-time carnival operator, obtains the secrets of a fake mind reader and sets himself up as a spiritualist exploiting wealthy clients. When his scam is exposed he is ruined and is forced to return to the carnival as a "geek" who eats live chickens to earn his living.

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Corporate Author: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Other Authors: Jessel, George, 1898-1981 (Producer), Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979 (Producer), Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959 (Director), Furthman, Jules (Screenwriter), Power, Tyrone, 1869-1931 (Actor), Blondell, Joan (Actor), Gray, Coleen, 1922-2015 (Actor), Walker, Helen, 1920-1968 (Actor), Holmes, Taylor, 1878-1959 (Actor), Mazurki, Mike, 1907-1990 (Actor), Keith, Ian, 1899-1960 (Actor), Garmes, Lee, 1898-1978 (director of photography.), McLean, Barbara, 1903-1996 (Film editor), Mockridge, Cyril J. (Cyril John), 1896-1979 (Composer), Gresham, William Lindsay, 1909-1962
Other title:Nightmare alley (Motion picture : 1947)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Philadelphia, PA : Twentieth-Century-Fox Film Corp.; [distributed by] Beth Jurman, 2012.
Subjects:
Carnival owners > Drama.
Telepathy > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > Drama.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Film adaptations.

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