Nightmare Alley [1947 film]

Powers gives the performance of his career as Stan Carlisle, a man whose ambition and disregard of others knows no bounds. The other cast members make this a great film. Blondell is superb as the first woman he takes advantage of, and Colleen Grey is stunning as his second love. You just have to watch this one and marvel. Perhaps the greatest carnival film ever made, and very economical in how it tells the story in less than 2 hours, skipping with great economy between periods of Carlisle's career without losing the plot.

2022 movie #9. 1947. Carnie (Power) takes his phony mentalist act to nightclubs in Chicago. But it all comes crashing down in the end. Great picture. Power was eager to shed his 'good guy' image and this did it but nobody wanted to see that and the film tanked at the box office.