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- 1947
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 50 m
- 1947
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 50 m
Summary The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.
Directed By: Edmund Goulding
Written By: Jules Furthman, William Lindsay Gresham
- 1947
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 50 m
- 1947
- Approved
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 50 m
Nightmare Alley
75
7.5
Summary The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.
Directed By: Edmund Goulding
Written By: Jules Furthman, William Lindsay Gresham
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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85% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
15% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
75
85% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
15% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Jules Furthman penned the uncompromising script; Edmund Goulding directed with a master hand. [05 Jun 2005, p.E12]
Tyrone Power is outstanding in the most demanding role of his career as a con man who emerges from the fairground world to exploit the credulous rich as a mind-reader and descends to depths he's never dreamed of as a pre-avian flu carnival 'geek', biting off the heads of live chickens in exchange for alcohol. [04 Dec 2005, p.14]
It's an authentically bilious look at the world and its morals as Tyrone Power, taking decisive strides from the standard romantic hero roles he had been typecast in, rises from a travelling carnival mind-reading act to a high society shown to be even more corrupt.
Scripter Jules Furthman and Director Edmund Goulding have steered a middle course, now & then crudely but on the whole with tact, skill and power.
Carefully constructing Power's rise and fall, director Goulding is merciless in his inspection of a character who is rotten through and through
It's a one-of-a-kind experience -- dark, bleak, twisted carnival noir.
Despite some fine and intense acting by Mr. Power and others, this film traverses distateful dramatic ground and only rarely does it achieve any substance as entertainment.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
7.5
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
7.5
82% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
18% Mixed
2 Ratings
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0% Negative
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Production Company
Twentieth Century Fox
Release Date Oct 28, 1947
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating Approved
Tagline He was all things to all men ... but only one thing to all women!
