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Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley (1947)

NR 1h 51m 6.5/10 IMDb
DramaThrillerCrime

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

Director: Edmund Goulding

Cast: Tyrone Power, Helen Walker, Coleen Gray, Joan Blondell, Taylor Holmes

Content Warnings

Other

Gaslighting / emotional manipulation

Violence & Physical Harm

Gore / graphic violence
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