Nightmare Alley (1947)
| Release Date | 09 October 1947 |
| Tagline | He was all things to all men ... but only one thing to all women! |
| Genre | Drama, Film-Noir |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Crime Drama, Film Noir |
| Themes | Cons and Scams |
| Tones | Atmospheric, Bleak, Cynical, Gloomy, Grim |
| Tags | Barker, Carnival, Circus Performer, Con Artist, Drifter, Freak Show, Mind Reader, Nightclub, Sideshow |
Nightmare Alley (1947) is a 20th Century Fox film noir starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell, and directed by Edmund Goulding. The movie rights for the 1946 novel of the same name, written by William Lindsay Gresham, were bought by Power, who planned on starring in the film. Power wanted to expand his limited range, playing romantic swashbuckler types, by taking the unsavory lead, "The Great Stanton". It premiered in the US on October 9, 1947, then met with wide release on October 28, 1947, later having six more European releases between November 1947 to May 1954.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Taylor Holmes
Ezra Grindle
June Bolyn
Maid in Grindle House
Edward Clark
J.E. Giles - Farmer
Clancy Cooper
Stage Manager
George Davis
Waiter
Julia Dean
Addie Peabody
Sayre Dearing
Nightclub Extra
Charles Flickinger
Bellboy
Bill Free
Man in Spode Room
Nina Gilbert
Worried Mother in Spode Room
Leo Gray
Detective
Henry Hall
Lilith's Friend in Spode Room
Al Herman
Cab Driver
Hollis Jewell
Delivery Boy with Records
Robert Karnes
Joe - Bellhop
Kenner G. Kemp
Nightclub Extra
Mike Lally
Charlie
George Lloyd
Hobo
Wilbur Mack
Husband in Spode Room
George Magrill
Sideshow Spectator Wearing Straw Hat
Pat McKee
Roustabout
Jerry Miley
Friend in Spode Room
Harry Hays Morgan
Headwaiter
Maurice Navarro
Fire Eater
Frank O'Connor
Carnival Customer
Jack Raymond
Hobo
Albin Robeling
Captain
Frank J. Scannell
Roustabout at Final Carnival
Bert Stevens
Nightclub Extra
John Wald
Radio Announcer
Eddy Waller
Farmer Friend of J.E. Giles
Gilbert Wilson
Man in Spode Room
Marjorie Wood
Mrs. Prescott, Mrs. S.P. at Spode Room
Director
Edmund Goulding
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Writer
Jules Furthman
William Lindsay Gresham
Producer
Original Music
Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematographer
Editor
Barbara McLean
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Art Director
J. Russell Spencer
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Set Decorator
Thomas Little
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Costume Designer
Bonnie Cashin
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Makeup Department
Art Department
Stuart A. Reiss
assistant set decorator
Sound Department
Roger Heman Sr.
sound
E. Clayton Ward
sound
Special Effects
Fred Sersen
special photographic effects
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sam Benson
wardrobe
Music Department
Maurice De Packh
orchestral arranger
Other Crew
Mink De Ronda
technical advisor
Louise Germaine
hat maker
Edward Mundy
technical advisor
Jimmy Woods
technical advisor
Production Company
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Blondie of the Follies (1932)
Dante's Inferno (1924)
Dark Secrets (1923)
Dark Victory (1939)
Everybody Does It (1949)
Forever and a Day (1943)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Love (1927)
Mister 880 (1950)
Nightmare Alley
Of Human Bondage (1946)
Paris (1926)
Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)
Teenage Rebel (1956)
That Certain Woman (1937)
The Constant Nymph (1943)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
The Great Lie (1941)
The Old Maid (1939)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
The Trespasser (1929)
Tol'able David (1921)
We Are Not Alone (1939)
We're Not Married! (1952)
White Banners (1938)
