Nightmare Alley

Based On the book by William Lindsay Gresham

Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir directed by Edmund Goulding from a screenplay by Jules Furthman. Based on William Lindsay Gresham's 1946 novel of the same name, it stars Tyrone Power, with Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, and Helen Walker in supporting roles. Power, wishing to expand beyond the romantic and swashbuckler roles that brought him to fame, requested 20th Century-Fox's studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck to buy the rights to the novel so he could star as the unsavory lead "The Great Stanton", a scheming carnival barker. The film premiered in the United States on October 9, 1947, then went into wide release on October 28, 1947, later having six more European releases between November 1947 to May 1954.

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Release date:

1947

Director:

Edmund Goulding

Cast:

Tyrone Power, Coleen Gray, Joan Blondell, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes

Genre:

Crime, Drama, Film noir

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1947 in adaptations