Nightmare Alley

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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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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