Nightmare Alley has an odd pedigree for a film noir classic. Tyrone Power was the prettiest leading man of his day and was best known for lighter fare. But he gave the performance of a lifetime as a sleazy grifter who becomes a sideshow geek by the end of the movie. And Director Edmund Goulding was known as a “woman’s director” who worked with such stars as Crawford, Garbo and Davis. Not exactly a gritty resume butNightmare Alley is noirlicious:

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