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Nightmare Alley (1947)
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The long-awaited emergence of Nightmare Alley into the light of DVD should achieve two things: make a legendary film noir available to a new generation, and restore the horrific charge to the lately watered-down term geek, a concept that once had the power to give people very bad dreams indeed. To his lasting credit, Tyrone Power--20th Century Fox's extraordinarily handsome but not terribly interesting star of the '30s and '40s--begged for the chance to play Stan Carlisle, the predatory charmer who snakes his way through this bracingly unwholesome story. A spieler for--and lover of--carnival mind reader Zeena (Joan...
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Nightmare Alley Movie Review by B Movie Ben  (3/18/2008) |
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This was the best role that Tyrone Power (The Mark of Zorro) ever got. He made the most of it, and gave a superior performance.
He plays an opportunist, who is trying to get an angle. he discovers a carny act that used to be great and finds a way to get their secret. he uses that to build himself into a "mentalist," but...
(complete Nightmare Alley review by B Movie Ben)
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