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Nightmare Alley (1947)

Directed by Edmund Goulding · Cinematography by Lee Garmes

Approved110 min53 frames

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A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

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