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Nightmare Alley

1947 · 112 min

A slow, shadowy descent into moral decay, watching a man's ambition and guilt drag him toward a grim, inevitable fate.

Tagline
He was all things to all men… But only one thing to all women!
Overview
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • addiction
  • redemption
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Edmund Goulding
Written by
Jules Furthman
Starring
Tyrone Power, Helen Walker, Coleen Gray, Joan Blondell, Taylor Holmes, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith, Roy Roberts
Music
Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography
Lee Garmes
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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