Le charlatan
Nightmare Alley
Bonimenteur de fête foraine, Stanton Carliste entre en possession du secret d'un numéro truqué de lecture des esprits. Grâce à ce secret, il devient le "clairvoyant" à succès de Chicago. L'affaire qu'il a montée avec la liseuse de carte Zeena et le docteur Lilith Ritter, un psychologue, est prospère. Molly, sa jeune femme, est aussi de l'affaire même si c'est à contrecœur qu'elle participe aux démonstrations, mais elle ne peut tout accepter. Ecœurée, c'est en pleine exhibition, alors que "le Grand Stanton" était en train d'abuser une riche clientèle, qu'elle dénonce la supercherie...
- Statut
- Released
Tyrone Power
— Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
Helen Walker
— Lilith Ritter
Coleen Gray
— Molly Carlisle
Joan Blondell
— Zeena Krumbein
Taylor Holmes
— Ezra Grindle
Mike Mazurki
— Bruno
Ian Keith
— Pete Krumbein
Roy Roberts
— McGraw / Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)
Florence Auer
— Jane (uncredited)
Bonnie Bannon
— Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)
George Beranger
— The Geek (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
— Hobo (uncredited)
June Bolyn
— Maid in Grindle House (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
— Carnival Patron (uncredited)
James Burke
— Rural Marshal (uncredited)
George Chandler
— Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)
Harry Cheshire
— Mr. Prescott (uncredited)
Edward Clark
— J.E. Giles / Farmer (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
— Stage Manager (uncredited)
George Davis
— Waiter (uncredited)
Julia Dean
— Addie Peabody (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
— Night Club Patron (uncredited)
James Flavin
— Hoatley / First Carnival Owner (uncredited)
Nina Gilbert
— Worried Mother in Spode Room (uncredited)
Henry Hall
— Lilith's Friend in Spode Room (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
— Joe / Bellhop (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
— Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Max Linder
— Man in Spode Room (uncredited)
George Lloyd
— Hobo (uncredited)
Laurette Luez
— Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)