Nightmare Alley

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film film noir psychological drama film

Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir psychological drama starring Tyrone Power as an ambitious carnival worker whose ruthless pursuit of success leads to his downfall.

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Nightmare Alley (1947 film) 2
Stanton Carlisle 0
Nightmare Alley (2021 film) 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
psychological drama film ⓘ
artDirectionBy J. Russell Spencer ⓘ
author William Lindsay Gresham ⓘ
basedOn Nightmare Alley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nightmare Alley (1947 film)

Nightmare Alley (novel) ⓘ
cinematography Lee Garmes ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Kay Nelson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Edmund Goulding ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Barbara McLean ⓘ
filmingStudio 20th Century Fox ⓘ
surface form: 20th Century Fox Studios
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation Nightmare Alley ⓘ
surface form: Nightmare Alley (2021 film)
mainCharacter Stanton Carlisle ⓘ
musicBy Cyril J. Mockridge ⓘ
narrativeFocus rise and fall of an ambitious carnival worker ⓘ
notableFor one of Tyrone Power's darkest roles ⓘ
occupation carnival worker ⓘ
mentalist ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer George Jessel ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseYear 1947 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenwriter Jules Furthman ⓘ
setInLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

New York City ⓘ
carnival ⓘ
setInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
starring Coleen Gray ⓘ
Helen Walker ⓘ
Ian Keith ⓘ
Joan Blondell ⓘ
Julia Dean ⓘ
Mike Mazurki ⓘ
Taylor Holmes ⓘ
Tyrone Power ⓘ
theme ambition ⓘ
deception ⓘ
downfall ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
title Nightmare Alley (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Nightmare Alley

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Nightmare Alley → basedOn → Nightmare Alley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Nightmare Alley (2021 film)
this entity surface form: Nightmare Alley (1947 film)
Nightmare Alley → isNotRemakeOf → Nightmare Alley ⓘ
subject surface form: Nightmare Alley (2021 film)
this entity surface form: Nightmare Alley (1947 film)
Tyrone Power → notableWork → Nightmare Alley ⓘ