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Nightmare Alley (2021)
Based on the 1946 novel of the same name, Nightmare Alley follows drifter Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) as he joins a carnival in order to learn the art of grifting. Addicted to the thrills and the potential for personal gain, Stan takes his show on the road accompanied by fellow carnival worker Molly (Rooney Mara), where he makes a living as a false medium and mentalist. Stan is soon drawn into a much darker web of opportunity that sees him risk it all for one big score.
Nightmare Alley
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro
- Release Date
- December 17, 2021
- Studio(s)
- Searchlight Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Searchlight Pictures
- Cast
- Clifton Collins Jr. , Toni Collette , Romina Power , Bradley Cooper , David Strathairn , Ron Perlman , Willem Dafoe , Mary Steenburgen , Mark Povinelli , David Hewlett , Tim Blake Nelson , Paul Anderson , Cate Blanchett , Holt McCallany , Jim Beaver , Richard Jenkins , Rooney Mara
- Writers
- Guillermo del Toro , Kim Morgan
- Runtime
- 139 minutes
- Budget
- 60 million
Summary
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.
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