Nightmare Alley (1947) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Edmund Goulding.

Cast

• Tyrone Power as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
• Helen Walker as Lilith Ritter
• Coleen Gray as Molly Carlisle
• Joan Blondell as Zeena Krumbein
• Taylor Holmes as Ezra Grindle
• Mike Mazurki as Bruno
• Ian Keith as Pete Krumbein
• Roy Roberts as McGraw / Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)
• Florence Auer as Jane (uncredited)
• Bonnie Bannon as Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)
• George Beranger as The Geek (uncredited)
• Oliver Blake as Hobo (uncredited)
• June Bolyn as Maid in Grindle House (uncredited)
• Chet Brandenburg as Carnival Patron (uncredited)
• James Burke as Rural Marshal (uncredited)
• George Chandler as Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)
• Harry Cheshire as Mr. Prescott (uncredited)
• Edward Clark as J.E. Giles / Farmer (uncredited)
• Clancy Cooper as Stage Manager (uncredited)
• George Davis as Waiter (uncredited)
• Julia Dean as Addie Peabody (uncredited)
• Sayre Dearing as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
• James Flavin as Hoatley / First Carnival Owner (uncredited)
• Nina Gilbert as Worried Mother in Spode Room (uncredited)
• Henry Hall as Lilith's Friend in Spode Room (uncredited)
• Robert Karnes as Joe / Bellhop (uncredited)
• Kenner G. Kemp as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
• Max Linder as Man in Spode Room (uncredited)
• George Lloyd as Hobo (uncredited)
• Laurette Luez as Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)
• Emmett Lynn as Hobo by Stan's Right Hand (uncredited)
• Wilbur Mack as Husband in Spode Room (uncredited)
• George Magrill as Sideshow Spectator Wearing Straw Hat (uncredited)
• Jerry Miley as Friend in Spode Room (uncredited)
• Frank O'Connor as Carnival Customer (uncredited)
• Jack Perry as Roustabout (uncredited)
• Cyril Ring as Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited)
• Gene Roth as Masseur (uncredited)
• Frank J. Scannell as Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited)
• Cy Schindell as Roustabout (uncredited)

Crew

• Jules Furthman — Screenplay
• William Lindsay Gresham — Novel
• Edmund Goulding — Director
• Lee Garmes — Director of Photography
• George Jessel — Producer
• Cyril J. Mockridge — Original Music Composer

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