09 Oct 1947
Nightmare Alley
Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
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Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
Top Billed Cast
Douglass Montgomery Jim Harding
Hazel Court Jane Thompson
Patricia Burke Diana Harding
Garry Marsh Jerry Burns
Ronald Shiner Dan Collins
Kenneth Griffith Johnny
Eliot Makeham Pop Thompson
Frederick Leister Dr. Franklin
Richard Bird Jennings
Michael Medwin Cabby
Peggy Ann Clifford Millie
Peter Jones Pete
Erik Chitty Schofield
Sam Kydd Joe
Andrew Cruickshank Inspector Baxter
Dennis Harkin Bert
Dora Sevening Mrs. Franklin
Mark Stone Critic
Bill Fraser Railway Porter (uncredited)
Andreas Malandrinos Café Owner (uncredited)
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