Nightmare Alley

Tyrone Power

Nicely done noir from 1947 about carnies, mentalists, geeks, 'spiritual' leaders and psychiatry et al. They packed a lot into this screenplay and coupled it with lotsa elegant B/W photography.

But the pillar on which this stood was Power...who was excellent. I'd always thought of him as a pretty boy but he easily carried this film whilst demonstrating the full range of his skill as an actor.

This was an intelligent examination of hucksters of all stripe and stands as one of the best in post war American cinema.

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