Nightmare Alley 1947 Trailer <br /> <br />Available on DVD from http://www.odeonent.co.uk<br /><br />Tyrone Power -- cast against type at his own insistence -- gives the performance of his life as handsome scumbag / carnival barker / conman Stanton Carlisle. He seduces fellow sideshow artiste Mademoiselle Zeena (Joan Blondell) to learn the secret of the once-lucrative mind-reading act she performed with her alcoholic husband (Ian Keith), Carlisle, a "born mentalist", secures the secret method and sets off with his new carnie wife, Molly (Coleen Grey) to milk the big time as a spiritualist in Chicago. As Carlisle's success grows, it's only a matter of time before his greed -- and twisted involvement with femme fatale psychoanalyst Lilith Ritter (Helen Walker) -- bring his world crashing down around him.<br /><br />Based on William Lindsay Gresham's book of he same name, scripted by the formidable Jules Furthman (The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo) and reflecting the preoccupations of its drug and alcohol-abusing, orgy-frequenting director Edmund Goulding, Nightmare Alley uncovers both the dirt and romance of carnival life, and controversially -- for those in the business -- the tricks an scams of conmen, mediums, and hustlers. After this picaresque and cathartic film, you will never again misuse the word "geek"! <br /><br />Staring:<br />Tyrone Power<br />Coleen Gray<br />Joan Blondell<br /><br />Director: Edmund Goulding<br /><br />HE WAS ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN ... BUT ONLY ONE THING TO ALL WOMEN!Trailer for the fantastic Noir thriller Nightmare Alley. Starring Tyrone Power and directed by Edmund Goulding. <br /> <br />This movie features Tyrone Power at the age of 33. <br /> <br />Available on DVD from Tyrone Power -- cast against type at his own insistence -- gives the performance of his life as handsome ... <br /> <br />A high mark for Ty Power. A gem of Film Noir. <br /> <br />Nightmare Alley 1947.
