Nightmare Alley

He was all things to all men … but only one thing to all women!

Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.

Drama Thriller Crime

Tyrone Power

(Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle)

Helen Walker

(Lilith Ritter)

Coleen Gray

(Molly Carlisle)

Joan Blondell

(Zeena Krumbein)

Taylor Holmes

Mike Mazurki

Ian Keith

(Pete Krumbein)

Roy Roberts

(McGraw - Final Carnival Owner (uncredited))

Florence Auer

(Jane (uncredited))

Bonnie Bannon

(Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited))

George Beranger

(The Geek (uncredited))

Oliver Blake

(Hobo (uncredited))

June Bolyn

(Maid in Grindle House (uncredited))

Chet Brandenburg

(Carnival Patron (uncredited))

James Burke

(Rural Marshal (uncredited))

George Chandler

(Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited))

Harry Cheshire

(Mr. Prescott (uncredited))

Edward Clark

(J.E. Giles - Farmer (uncredited))

Clancy Cooper

(Stage Manager (uncredited))

George Davis

(Waiter (uncredited))

Julia Dean

(Addie Peabody (uncredited))

Sayre Dearing

(Night Club Patron (uncredited))

James Flavin

(Hoatley - First Carnival Owner (uncredited))

Nina Gilbert

(Worried Mother in Spode Room (uncredited))

Henry Hall

(Lilith's Friend in Spode Room (uncredited))

Robert Karnes

(Joe - Bellhop (uncredited))

Kenner G. Kemp

(Night Club Patron (uncredited))

Max Linder

(Man in Spode Room (uncredited))

George Lloyd

(Hobo (uncredited))

Laurette Luez

(Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited))

Emmett Lynn

(Hobo by Stan's Right Hand (uncredited))

Wilbur Mack

(Husband in Spode Room (uncredited))

George Magrill

(Sideshow Spectator Wearing Straw Hat (uncredited))

Jerry Miley

(Friend in Spode Room (uncredited))

Frank O'Connor

(Carnival Customer (uncredited))

Jack Perry

(Roustabout (uncredited))

Cyril Ring

(Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited))

Gene Roth

(Masseur (uncredited))

Frank J. Scannell

(Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited))

Cy Schindell

(Roustabout (uncredited))

Norman Stevens

(Man in Spode Room (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

(Night Club Patron (uncredited))

Eddy Waller

(Farmer Friend of J.E. Giles (uncredited))

Marjorie Wood

(Mrs. Prescott / Mrs. S.P. at Spode Room (uncredited))

Rudy Germane

(Man in Spode Room (uncredited))