Nightmare Alley Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

In Nightmare Alley, an ambitious young carny (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is. The carnival cast includes carnival worker Molly (Rooney Mara), head barker Clem (Willem Dafoe), and Ron Perlman as Bruno the Strongman. Richard Jenkins is part of the high society crowd as wealthy industrialist Ezra Grindle.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Nightmare Alley.

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  Bradley Cooper

  ... Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle

  The Hangover, Is This Thing On?

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  Toni Collette

  ... Zeena (a mentalist)

  Juror No. 2, Mickey 17

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  Rooney Mara

  ... Molly

  The Social Network, Carol

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  Cate Blanchett

  ... Lilith Ritter

  Black Bag, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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  David Strathairn

  ... Pete Krumbein

  Godzilla, November Criminals

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  Ron Perlman

  ... Bruno

  Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Absolution

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  Willem Dafoe

  ... Clem Hoately

  Nosferatu, Finding Nemo 3D

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  Richard Jenkins

  ... Ezra Grindle

  IF, Friends with Benefits

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  Mary Steenburgen

  ... Miss Harrington

  Four Christmases, The Dink

Crew Behind the Film

The Nightmare Alley behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Guillermo del Toro last directed Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. The film's writer Guillermo del Toro last wrote Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans.

Director

Guillermo del Toro

Screenwriters

Guillermo del Toro
Kim Morgan

Producers

J. Miles Dale
Guillermo del Toro

Additional Information

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Official Nightmare Alley movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the Nightmare Alley movie production.

Key Facts

• Writer/director Guillermo del Toro said "I’m inspired and elated to be joined by this brilliant cast. Kim Morgan and I have worked with great passion to bring the dark, raw world and language of William Gresham to the screen and now we are joined by a superb group of artists and technicians to bring it to life (1/30/2020).”
• Aademy Award winner Guillermo del Toro (THE SHAPE OF WATER, PAN’S LABYRINTH) directs and co-writes with Kim Morgan (THE FORBIDDEN ROOM).
• David Strathairn has joined the cast of the Fox Searchlight picture (Hollywood Reporter, 9/27/19). Strathairn will play the alcoholic husband of Collette’s character, a mentalist named Zeena who ends up mentoring Cooper's character.
• It’s based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham and not the 1947 movie of the same name.

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