Nightmare alley, Twentieth Century Fox presents ; directed by Edmund Goulding ; screen play by Jules Furthman ; produced by George Jessel
Type
Label
Nightmare alley, Twentieth Century Fox presents ; directed by Edmund Goulding ; screen play by Jules Furthman ; produced by George Jessel
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Nightmare alley
Oclc number
1243629703
Responsibility statement
Twentieth Century Fox presents ; directed by Edmund Goulding ; screen play by Jules Furthman ; produced by George Jessel
Runtime
111
Series statement
Criterion collection, 1078
Summary
"Darkness lurks behind the bright lights of a traveling carnival in one of the most haunting and perverse film noirs of the 1940s. Adapted from the scandalous best seller by William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley gave Tyrone Power a chance to subvert his matinee-idol image with a ruthless performance as Stanton Carlisle, a small-time carny whose unctuous charm propels him to fame as a charlatan spiritualist, but whose unchecked ambition leads him down a path of moral degradation and self-destruction. Although its strange, sordid atmosphere shocked contemporary audiences, this long-difficult-to-see reflection of postwar angst has now taken its place as one of the defining noirs of its era--a fatalistic downward slide into existential oblivion"--Container
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Spencer, J. Russell
- Gray, Coleen, 1922-2015
- Blondell, Joan
- Jessel, George, 1898-1981
- Walker, Helen, 1920-1968
- Furthman, Jules
- McLean, Barbara, 1903-1996
- Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959
- Mazurki, Mike, 1907-1990
- Mockridge, Cyril J., Cyril John, 1896-1979
- Cashin, Bonnie
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Gresham, William Lindsay, 1909-1962
- Holmes, Taylor, 1878-1959
- Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958
- Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Garmes, Lee, 1898-1978
- Keith, Ian, 1899-1960
Genre
Subject
- Telepathy -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Films de détective
- Swindlers and swindling -- Drama
- Films noirs
- Adaptations cinématographiques
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Carnivals -- Drama
- Feature films
- Detective and mystery films
- Fiction films
- Film noir
- Films de fiction
- Gresham, William Lindsay, 1909-1962 -- Film adaptations
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
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Outgoing Resources
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- Spencer, J. Russell
- Gray, Coleen, 1922-2015
- Blondell, Joan
- Jessel, George, 1898-1981
- Walker, Helen, 1920-1968
- Furthman, Jules
- McLean, Barbara, 1903-1996
- Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959
- Mazurki, Mike, 1907-1990
- Mockridge, Cyril J., Cyril John, 1896-1979
- Cashin, Bonnie
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Gresham, William Lindsay, 1909-1962
- Holmes, Taylor, 1878-1959
- Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958
- Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Garmes, Lee, 1898-1978
- Keith, Ian, 1899-1960
- Genre11
- Subject16
- Telepathy -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Films de détective
- Swindlers and swindling -- Drama
- Films noirs
- Adaptations cinématographiques
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Carnivals -- Drama
- Feature films
- Detective and mystery films
- Fiction films
- Film noir
- Films de fiction
- Gresham, William Lindsay, 1909-1962 -- Film adaptations
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
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