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579 Ratings

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Directed by Edmund Goulding
United States, 1947
Film noir, Drama
  • 110110 minutes

Synopsis

Stan Carlisle works in a sideshow as carny and assistant of the mentalist Zeena who is married with the alcoholic The couple had developed a secret code to pretend to read minds. Stan stays with them expecting to learn their code and leave the carnival to be a successful mentalist.

Synopsis

Stan Carlisle works in a sideshow as carny and assistant of the mentalist Zeena who is married with the alcoholic The couple had developed a secret code to pretend to read minds. Stan stays with them expecting to learn their code and leave the carnival to be a successful mentalist.