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Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, and based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham. It is the second feature film adaptation of Gresham's novel, following the 1947 film.
Nightmare Alley: Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe. A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Guillermo del Toro
- 2021-12-17
- Bradley Cooper as Stanton “Stan” Carlisle
- Cate Blanchett as Dr. Lilith Ritter
- Toni Collette as Zeena Krumbein
- Willem Dafoe as Clem Hoatley
- Richard Jenkins as Ezra Grindle
- Rooney Mara as Molly Cahill
- Ron Perlman as Bruno
- David Strathairn as Pete Krumbein
- Nightmare Alley Supporting Cast & Characters
Critically acclaimed actor-turned-director Bradley Cooper stars in the lead role of Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley. Cooper plays Stanton “Stan” Carlisle, an ambitious carny who is known as a con-man with a talent for deception and manipulation. While working his clever gifts on those associated with the traveling carnival, he becomes intertwi...
Veteran actress Cate Blanchett stars as the mysterious, highly manipulative, and dangerous psychiatrist Dr. Lilith Ritter. After seducing Stan, Lilith reveals her nature as an even more deceitful con artist than Stan himself while contributing to his eventual downfall. Blanchett is known for her Academy Award-winning roles as Katharine Hepburn in M...
Toni Collette brings her talent to Nightmare Alley as Zeena Krumbein, an experienced astrologer and fake mind reader for the carnival. The Australian actress has held a high place in Hollywood since starring as Cole’s mother in M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, whereafter she was featured in Emma, The Hours, About A Boy, and Little Miss Sunshin...
Another Academy Award-nominee in the cast, the highly revered Willem Dafoe plays Clem Hoatley, the unethical carnival’s proprietor and “talker” who hypes up the show’s acts. Dafoe has starred in a number of critically acclaimed films, including Platoon, The English Patient, and The Lighthouse. The actor is also well-known for his frequent collabora...
Richard Jenkins plays Nightmare Alley’s ruthless and wealthy auto tycoon, Ezra Grindle, who is interested in the spiritual occult and becomes a con target of Stan. Jenkins is best known for his role as deceased patriarch Nathaniel Fisher on HBO’s Six Feet Under series, as well as playing Walter in The Visitor, Robert in Step Brothers, and Ted in Bu...
Molly Cahill, the carnival’s kindhearted young woman who can apparently channel electricity as “Mamzelle Electra,” is portrayed by veteran actress Rooney Mara. Stan seduces Molly and she becomes his girlfriend, where she also takes on the role of his assistant in his fake mind reader act. Mara is most notable for playing Lisbeth Salander in David F...
Best known for his multiple collaborations with Nightmare Alley director Guillermo del Toro, Ron Perlman plays Bruno, the carnival’s strongman act. Bruno has served as Molly’s protector at the carnival, but can no longer help her once she falls under Stan’s spell. Perlman is well-known for his titular role in del Toro’s superhero Hellboy movies, as...
Pete Krumbein, the alcoholic husband of tarot-reader Zeena, is played by David Strathairn. Pete was once a gifted crystal reader in the carnival whose deceitful talents faded away as he fell deeper into alcoholism. He now focuses on assisting the con of Zeena’s act. Strathairn notably played Dave in the Best Picture-winning Nomadland, William Sewar...
Holt McCallany as Anderson: A so-far undisclosed role. McCallany is most notable for playing FBI Agent Bill Tench in Netflix’s Mindhunters, while also having small roles in Alien 3, Fight Club, Three Kings, and The Ice Road. Tim Blake Nelson as Carny Boss: One of the leaders among the eclectic group of carnies. Nelson is known for his roles in O Br...
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William Lindsay Gresham. Novel. Guillermo del Toro. Screenplay. Kim Morgan. Screenplay. An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who might be his most...
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When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York Society.
