Nightmare Alley (1947)

Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley dives into the bleak underbelly of hustlers and con men, dark desires and double crosses, sideshow carneys and fearsome femme fatales, crafting a haunting & fatalistic film noir masterpiece. Follow Stanton Carlisle from seedy carnival huckster to famed mentalist and see how his own ambition sends him on a spiral of self-destruction.  Tyrone Power memorably stars against type with stellar supporting turns from Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, and Helen Walker.