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Nightmare Alley: Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe. A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him.
Having a knack for manipulating people, Stanton Carlisle, a secretive wanderer with a violent past, chances upon a 1930s travelling carnival. In urgent need of cash and a place to stay, Stanton joins the troupe and learns the ropes in Madame Zeena's mind-reading act, determined to catapult himself into the limelight.
Nightmare Alley: Directed by Edmund Goulding. With Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker. The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.
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In NIGHTMARE ALLEY, an ambitious carny (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is.
Nightmare Alley, a neo-noir thriller set in the late 1930s, is centered on Stanton Carlisle, an overly ambitious circus carny with a penchant for manipulating people through words. His games of deception leads him to cross paths with the dangerous Dr. Lilith Ritter, a psychiatrist who's equally manipulative and cunning in her own right.
NIGHTMARE ALLEY leads us down a path paved by American classics and emerges anew as a modern miracle. Guillermo del Toro's funhouse of filmdom expertly refracts humanity in warped, distorted mirrors - and invites us to enjoy the ride.
Through the Lens: Creating Worlds in the Films of Director Guillermo del Toro. 45 Videos. 99+ Photos. Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens.
Nightmare Alley: Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe. A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him.
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